Re: [Duplicity-talk] symmetric vs. key

[Kenneth Loafman]

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to this list (duplicity-talk) as well.

...Ken

address@hidden wrote:
> 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
> -- 
>> 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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