On Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 09:12:49AM -0800, Kevin Till wrote: > I have added a dumptype option, "encrypt".
Great! Thanks for your afford to bring encryption into amanda's core. I have not taken a close look on it yet. From the description, I have the impression that this solution is based on symmetric encryption. I don't think this is a good idea. Having the passphrase lying around on all your clients[1] is a big weakness, IMHO. It would be better to encrypt with a public key. The private key and the passprase should be locked away to a safe place. They should be needed only for desaster-recovery. [1] You need client-side encryption if you don't want your data flowing unencrypted over the network. -- No software patents in Europe -- http://nosoftwarepatents.com -- Josef Wolf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
