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From: Danny <nocmonkey@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely
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On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:54:47 +0100, Sitkei Attila
<freebsd-questions@pmihiv.hu> wrote:
> 
> >>> From a backup point of view, my goal...
> >>
> >>
> >> On a nightly and automated basis - to take a snapshot of all new and
> >> modified data from a FreeBSD server and Windows server. Then compress
> >> and hopefully encrypt the data and send it to a remote FreeBSD server
> >> through some form of efficient and secure file transfer. Uncompressed
> >> the nightly data may total ~20MB.
> >
> 
> It is worth to take a look at http://www.fluffy.co.uk/boxbackup/, which is
> a tool focusing on automated (`lazy') or snapshot backup. Supported are most
> unices, there is no FreeBSD-port however. A windows' client utility is work
> in progress, though usable via cygwin now. Its main advantages:
> * backups via encrypted streams, public key infrastucture
> * only modified parts are to be transported
> * preserving the overwritten or deleted files
> * quota-support
> * userland RAID-option

I had never heard of boxbackup before, so thank you for the link! This
tool appears to be the closest to what I am looking for. Hopefully the
development continues.

Cheers,

...D