Hi Greg, how do you use pkzipc with Mozy? TJ
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net> wrote: > Hey hang on, I'm trying the free 2GB Mozy because they didn't seem to have a > stupid per-machine limit in their plan. > > > > And yes, the UI is quite dumb, and you have to click a few buttons to drill > down and see any useful information. > > > > The following probably applies to a lot of these cloud backup providers, but > I'm talking specifically about Mozy for now... > > > > · I did not trust them to encrypt my files on the client side before > sending. They have the key. > > · In any case, why do they use Blowfish 448 bit, which is really > old? AES has been the new standard for years. > > · They use the expression “military grade encryption”. This means > either they don’t know what they’re talking about or someone in marketing is > off their leash. > > > > For these reasons I have decided that my folder being watched by the Mozy > service for backup only contains zip files using the pkzipc 6.0 > -CryptAlgorithm=AES,256 option and a long password. > > > > I’ll run with this free provider for a while and see how it goes. My demands > are modest, I just want offsite backup in the cloud. > > > > Greg
