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Date:      Fri, 13 Jun 1997 10:04:14 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu (David E. Cross)
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: encrypted backups.
Message-ID:  <199706130034.KAA22927@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970612161217.14145A-100000@phoenix.its.rpi.edu> from "David E. Cross" at "Jun 12, 97 04:14:47 pm"

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David E. Cross stands accused of saying:
> I backup my data to a 'public' device, and have sensative data on that
> device that I would prefer to keep trying eyes away from, I currently
> do this with a:
> tar -cvf - | bdes | ssh -l user host "cat >/dev/rmt0" 2>/tmp/tar.log
> 
> (the network is also inseure)
> 
> is there a better way to do this.

What's wrong with the above method?  Looks pretty good to me.

> David Cross

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