On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 10:09, Werner Koch <w...@gnupg.org> wrote: > On Fri, 27 May 2011 00:04, gro...@caseyljones.net said: > > > volume. The advantage of those is that a single bit error is likely to > > only affect one file. If you archive the files before transferring > > FWIW, it is the same as with OpenPGP. The used CFB mode re-syncs after > soon after the bad block. However, to avoid willfully manipulation we > use a checksum over the entire data to detect this (the MDC); the option > --ignore-mdc-error may be used to ignore a bad checksum. >
There is still a compression step by default though, right? I know gzip has recovery features now, but chances are the compression will get in your way anyway. Not that I'd consider an encrypted file-system preferable, just saying. -- Jerome Baum tel +49-1578-8434336 email jer...@jeromebaum.com -- PGP: A0E4 B2D4 94E6 20EE 85BA E45B 63E4 2BD8 C58C 753A PGP: 2C23 EBFF DF1A 840D 2351 F5F5 F25B A03F 2152 36DA
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