Paolo Bolzoni <paolo.bolzoni.br...@gmail.com> schreef:

Why are you encrypting the files and not the filesystem and the channel?

Because of what the other person mentioned.

If anything anywhen gets compromised, people may have access to the filesystem(s) and the channel(s) before they get access to the file. That is to say, yes it is a remote host with a form of cloud suppliance. I do not think that I can encrypt that filesystem. Of course, I could encrypt it on the spot but then rsync would also not work.

They might take my private key from somewhere, so to speak (that does the transfer) but then they still won't have the file.

The local filesystem is encrypted, not one of the others. I mean I see the advantage technically but practically having an encrypted file is way superior for me.

They are images, so they are like filesystems themselves. It is a filesystem that is being stored on a filesystem.

That's why I encrypt the image. And I store them on remote hosts that I do not control.

Regards, X.

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