Phil Stracchino: > On 08/14/10 09:34, Dietz Pröpper wrote: > > Peter Zenge: > >> Remember also that if you are trying to minimize tape/disk/other > >> backup media space used, and using encryption, you will need to use > >> software compression. The FD compresses before encrypting; once > >> encrypted, as noted above, the data is no longer compressible... > > > > Ack, that was point #3, which I completely forgot ;-). > > Also, compression before encryption makes encryption harder to crack, as > it eliminates redundancy in the data which can potentially simplify the > task of attacking the encryption.
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