This seems a good solution! I need to modify BackupPC in order to pipe it to 7zip right after tar'ing. Which script should I modify?
dan wrote: > for a high-compression AES 256bit encryption you can use a tar.7z. > you need to wrap the files in tar to preserve permissions and meta > data and then 7z it with AES. 7z is also a very powerfull compressor, > better than zip or gzip and can match bzip2 but be faster. you could > technically use 7zip to make AES encrypted regular zip(pkzip style) > zip files. > > Alternatively, you could just use tar.gz and then encrypt that file > with another program. > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Alexandre Joly wrote: > > > I thought of zip as a good solution for achieving encrypted backups. > > But you are right here, it will lose metadata. My only requirements > > are that archives must be encrypted at the file level (forget > > encrypted volume) > > At the file level of the archive or at the file level of the files > *inside* the archive? The first case is easy I guess: you could use an > encryption tool like GnuPG [0] to encrypt the archive created by > BackupPC. If the files inside the created archive need to be encrypted > then you'll have to hack your way into BackupPC I'm afraid... > > > and that I can open those under Windows (using Winzip for example). > > GPG is cross-platform. > > Nils Breunese. > > [0] http://www.gnupg.org/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save > $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > -- Alexandre Joly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Network Administrator Infodev Electronic Designers Intl (418) 681-3539 ext. 153 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
