Re: [Duplicity-talk] security issues

[Rob Browning]

Rob Browning <address@hidden> writes:

> I'm trying to think through the security issues involved when using
> duplicity to back up to a remote machine via ssh or scp.  Ideally
> I'd like to provide very limited access on the target machine, and
> such a facility might be really helpful when trying to convince
> someone else to host your backups.

Oh, and BTW, I realize that in many situations, it may just be
sufficient to require a dedicated user for the backups, and use normal
system permissions to control what they can do, but it seemed like in
some cases, that might make the remote admin somewhat jumpier, and so
I wanted to see what you thought.

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Rob Browning
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