On 1/31/2012 4:39 PM, Jim Kyle wrote: > On Tuesday, January 31, 2012, at 12:36:13 PM, Joe Konecny wrote: > >> Does anyone think this is a bad idea? > Very bad idea. Many of the worst privacy issues in the past several years > have resulted from theft of a laptop that contained confidential files. If > you encrypt the copy with a very strong passphrase, the idea might be > acceptable, but otherwise it would be a worse security risk than not having > offsite backup at all. >
Certainly the security is of concern and yes we would encrypt it with a password. But to me it seems like a very nice way to get a backup offsite. What would have happened if I lost an Amanda tape back when we used it? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
