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Date:      26 Nov 2001 15:52:12 -0800
From:      aditya@grot.org (R.P. Aditya)
To:        randy@psg.com (Randy Bush)
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: crypted remote backup
Message-ID:  <lolmgtgkom.fsf@mighty.grot.org>
In-Reply-To: <E168Qts-000Bj5-00@rip.psg.com> (randy@psg.com's message of "Mon, 26 Nov 2001 18:54:54 %2B0000 (UTC)")
References:  <E168Qts-000Bj5-00@rip.psg.com>

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Randy,

> i want to back up some large files over the net, like 40gb.  i want to
> do something like rsync.  but i want the data crypted not only as it
> passes over the net (rsync over ssh), but also as it resides on the
> remote disk.  any recommended practice on this?

If you want rsync to only copy the updated/modified stuff you'll have
to do the encryption on the "source" server and keep it in a separate
"tree"...and using PGP/GPG to do the encryption is the easiest way
I've found to do it.

Adi

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