Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Encrypting files before transmitting?

[Martin Sarsale]

You can play with linux cryptoapi, create a crypted filesystem on a
file on the remote host, mount it before rdiff-backup and umount it
when it has finished.
It's not completely secure (you need to transmit the key in plaintext
every time, somebody could crack the box and install a trojan mount to
save the keys used for mounting, etc, but it might work



On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 20:28:10 -0700, Dan Parrish
<address@hidden> wrote:
> I've been in discussions with other people around my state about sharing
> a few gigs of space with each other in a network of backup storage hosts.
> 
> We've just about gotten everything figured out except the prickly issue
> of the files getting stored in the clear on the remote storage host.
> 
> After a bit of investigation, we've determined that there's really no
> good way to ensure that address@hidden cannot see the contents of
> files on his own filesystem.  This is a deal-breaker for several people.
> 
> What we've determined is that the files need to be encrypted locally
> before transmitting to the remote host.  IOW, the remote host would just
> continue doing what it's doing without caring whether the files are
> encrypted or not.  We want to get rdiff-backup (or something else) to
> encrypt the files before transmission, and yet still have the capability
> to perform all the current duties it does.
> 
> Are there any plans to implement this in rdiff-backup in the future?  If
> not, are there any other methods of having this secure remote
> storage/backup solution?
> 
> -Dan
> 
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