Linux backup software .. that meets unique requirements

David Rosenstrauch darose-prQxUZoa2zOsTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org
Mon Mar 15 13:34:34 EDT 2010


On 03/15/2010 11:56 AM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> On Mar 15, 2010, at 10:51 AM, David Rosenstrauch wrote:
>>
>> here:
>> http://wiki.rdiff-backup.org/wiki/index.php/BackupToEncfsAcrossSshfs
>
>>
> Be forewarned: EncFS is a FUSE module so it isn't as secure as, say,
> the encrypted loopback driver.  You may also have problems with
> non-POSIX operations (you'll lose any ACLs you might have, for
> example).  If those aren't an issue then you'll be okay.
>
> --Rich P.

Well, the source machine is my own personal server, and has no other 
users, so I'm not really worried about anyone having access to the 
unencrypted data on that box.

As far as the posix stuff, I'm going to experiment and see if things 
work the way I'm expecting them to.

Thanks,

DR





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