Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Encrypting files before transmitting?

[Ryan Castle]

http://www.fluffy.co.uk/boxbackup/

I haven't used it.

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 16:24:39 +1100, Ryan Castle <address@hidden> wrote:
> http://www.fluffy.co.uk/boxbackup/
> 
> I haven't used it.
> 
> 
> On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:19:58 -0600, micah milano <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I think DIBS is what you are looking for... I've used it, its pretty
> > sweet. If you do loopback, cryptoapi, dmcrypt stuff then the root@
> > will be able to read the files. DIBS does the encryption on the
> > originating side, and does a distributed backup in a really cool way.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 20:28:10 -0700, Dan Parrish
> > <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > I've been in discussions with other people around my state about sharing
> > > a few gigs of space with each other in a network of backup storage hosts.
> > >
> > > We've just about gotten everything figured out except the prickly issue
> > > of the files getting stored in the clear on the remote storage host.
> > >
> > > After a bit of investigation, we've determined that there's really no
> > > good way to ensure that address@hidden cannot see the contents of
> > > files on his own filesystem.  This is a deal-breaker for several people.
> > >
> > > What we've determined is that the files need to be encrypted locally
> > > before transmitting to the remote host.  IOW, the remote host would just
> > > continue doing what it's doing without caring whether the files are
> > > encrypted or not.  We want to get rdiff-backup (or something else) to
> > > encrypt the files before transmission, and yet still have the capability
> > > to perform all the current duties it does.
> > >
> > > Are there any plans to implement this in rdiff-backup in the future?  If
> > > not, are there any other methods of having this secure remote
> > > storage/backup solution?
> > >
> > > -Dan
> > >
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