On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Dominic <address@hidden> wrote:
Greg Freemyer wrote:
I use rdiff-backup to a local encfs directory. Then I do a rsync of
the encrypted version of the encfs directory to a third party
location.
... That sounds clever. But I don't understand why it is not secure to use encfs
directly on the third party remote server (assuming that it is available of
course)
Ignoring security, there is also a bandwidth issue... So I treat that as a true disaster recovery backup (fire / natural disaster / etc.).
Yes I can see the important of that, but running rdiff-backup direct to
an external server which is using encFS (running 'rdiff-backup
--server' on the server rather than using sshFS) would not incur extra
bandwidth overhead (compared to using rsync as you do). I accept
however that it is inherently insecure, which is a killer. And running
it through sshFS (as in the wiki) is secure but I would expect it to
increase the traffic dramatically.