Re: rsync and encryption

2011-09-08 Thread Ed W
Consider an alternative solution: s3ql Ed W -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Re: rsync and encryption

2011-09-04 Thread Henri Shustak
>> Which operating system are you running on the system which currently has >> your personal documents? >> > > Ubuntu/Debian Do you know if there is a virtual file system encryption system which breaks the data into bands? I know that Mac OS X has support for breaking an encrypted disk image

Re: rsync and encryption

2011-09-03 Thread Dirk
On 09/03/2011 09:11 AM, Henri Shustak wrote: I have a small server at home. I like to put it 'online' and secure it as good as possible. The counterside of putting your personal backups on a server is that it might get hacked... and you don't want have to have your personal docs online... Do

Re: rsync and encryption

2011-08-30 Thread Dirk
On 08/30/2011 10:09 AM, milu...@s3rsync.com wrote: Hello, You can use rsync friendly file encryption before you start your rsync session. Take a look at murk http://murk.sourceforge.net/ and rsyncrypto http://sourceforge.net/projects/rsyncrypto/ Thanks. But those projects doesn't seem ve

Re: rsync and encryption

2011-08-30 Thread milutin
Hello, You can use rsync friendly file encryption before you start your rsync session. Take a look at murk http://murk.sourceforge.net/ and rsyncrypto http://sourceforge.net/projects/rsyncrypto/ Regards, Milutin Voinivich s3rsync.com On 08/28/2011 07:35 PM, Dirk wrote: Hi, I have a

Re: rsync and encryption

2011-08-29 Thread Jason Haar
I think Dirk was asking about securing the *DATA* on the remote server - not the *TRANSPORT* I'd recommend encfs. It has a "--reverse" option which allows you to mount a data tree and the new mount shows up with encrypted filenames and content. rsync that to the remote server, and even the local s

Re: rsync and encryption

2011-08-29 Thread Elliot Wilen
In case the original poster needs a little more information on setting up rsync with ssh, a search on rsync ssh-keygen will turn up a number of examples/tutorials. I don't recall which one I originally followed, but after setting it up, I saw that it was easier and had less maintenance overhea

Re: rsync and encryption

2011-08-29 Thread Hendrik Visage
Hi, If paranoid on the data you'll be syncing: Setup ssh on both sides, and use rsync over ssh. If it's just the data that might get corrupted or somebody getting to the data laterz: I believe the rsync authentication is good enough, so add a password for the rsync daemon's shares. Hendrik O

rsync and encryption

2011-08-28 Thread Dirk
Hi, I have a small server at home. I like to put it 'online' and secure it as good as possible. The counterside of putting your personal backups on a server is that it might get hacked... and you don't want have to have your personal docs online... Do you think encryption is needed? How to