Re: [Duplicity-talk] symmetric vs. key

[edgar . soldin]

I'd just sum up our conversation on the topic and add some juicy links 
or text from gpg docs.
Eventually ftplicity users will benefit from the same know how , so why 
not putting it to the root...

I'll do it when I find some time... inbetween the new ftplicity 1.4.2 
supporting symmetric encryption will be released. How did that 
announcement list thing work again?

...ede
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> That would be very helpful.  I'm open to any help that I can get.
>
> ...Thanks,
> ...Ken
>
> address@hidden wrote:
>   
> > Good point ... thanks Georg.
> >
> > Maybe we should phrase a Mini-Howto for the Website. Or even better the
> > online help, similar to the chapter TIME, some chapter KEYS vs. PASSPHRASE.
> > @ken: would you like that?
> >
> > ..ede
> >     
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I am asking myself the pro's and con's of using symmetric encryption
> > > > versus the use of keys with duplicity.
> > > >
> > > >     
> > > >         
> > > I am using duplicity with keys. In fact this is the main use of my GPG
> > > keys. ;-)
> > >
> > > The nice thing about asymetric encryption is that - as long as you don't
> > > decrypt you don't need to store or pass a passphrase at all. So I can use
> > > the same public key for multiple machines and even on that machines I
> > > don't really trust.
> > >
> > > Of course when you want to restore you need to provide it.
> > >
> > > Unfourtunately with current versions up from 0.5.12 duplicity also asks
> > > during normal incremental backups for the private key, but this can be
> > > fixed when the archive directory holds the hash of the remote manifest
> > > (see recent thread on "Unnecessarily asking for passphrase on incremental
> > > backup").
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >    Georg
> > >
> > >
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