On Tue, 13 Oct 2015, Selva Nair wrote:
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Xen wrote:
Sure if the files are small and not encrypted. Or, not constantly changing
(with their encryption).
Not so. For small file there is no advantage as any change may change the
whole file. Its for large files
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Xen wrote:
>
> As I said before, just rsyncing the lower layer (encrypted) of an eCryptfs
>> volume may work well -- no multiple decryption-encryption cycles and what
>> not.. Say you have an eCryptfs folder named ~/Private, then just keep your
>> images in ~/Priv
Selva Nair schreef:
If the backup is from an encrypted volume to another, depending on the
scheme used, you could arrange rsync to see only decrypted data (with the
transport protected by, say, ssh): for example, both destination and source
using eCryptfs could have the decrypted volumes mounte
Paolo Bolzoni 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
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Xen wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I was wondering if I could ask this question here.
>
> Initially when I was thinking up how to do this I was expecting block
> encryption to stay consistent from one 'encryption run' to the next, but I
> found out later that most scheme
Why are you encrypting the files and not the filesystem and the channel?
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 6:54 PM, Xen wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I was wondering if I could ask this question here.
>
> Initially when I was thinking up how to do this I was expecting block
> encryption to stay consistent from on
Hi Folks,
I was wondering if I could ask this question here.
Initially when I was thinking up how to do this I was expecting block
encryption to stay consistent from one 'encryption run' to the next, but I
found out later that most schemes randomize the result by injecting a
random block or s
