On 1/31/2012 6:07 PM, Arnold Krille wrote: > On Tuesday 31 January 2012 13:36:13 Joe Konecny wrote: >> In an effort to fulfill an offsite backup requirement I had the idea to >> place a password protected tar archive onto one or more of our users >> laptops. The laptops are taken home each night and it would be quick to >> ftp the archive sometime during the day. >> >> Does anyone think this is a bad idea? > Replace that "password protected" by "gpg encrypted" and you get a good idea. > A very good idea is when the private key is only on a secure machine in the > admins possesion (and on an encrypted stick at the bosses home), only the > public key is needed to encrypt the backup. Then the decryption can only be > done with the private key. And onced you had to use that for a restore, you > generate (and use!) a new key-pair for the new backups. > >
Yes security will be addressed. But idea of transporting the archive offsite with a laptop that goes home each day is good I think. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/
