On 07/05/13 18:00, zoku wrote: > Hello everyone. > I installed my backupPC on an Unbuntu server. > Now I'd like to backup a windows host which is outside of my local network. > Should I use rsync or rsynd? > I'm new to this and I'm kinda lost....Aren't these the same? rsync and rsyncd are mostly the same, you will likely use rsync over SSH, while rsyncd is a direct connection, ie, just TCP.
If the machine to be backed up is remote, then you should probably want better authentication than what rsyncd offers, as well as encryption and/or compression of the data (to stop snoops, and improve performance over the WAN). So, I'd suggest either rsyncd over openvpn, or else rsync over SSH. openvpn is very easy to install on both windows and linux, and you can use iptables on Linux to restrict traffic to just SSH outbound, and use windows firewall to restrict traffic to just ssh inbound (on the VPN interfaces) to prevent "internal" attacks, ie, if someone hacks with windows machine you don't want them to be able to attack the backup machine (and vice versa). Using SSH under windows can also be easy, I've used cygwin to get that installed, and it works quite well. BTW, openvpn will compress the network layer, as can SSH if you configure them correctly. Hope all this helps, you will probably need to do some research/reading, and determine what your environment requires before asking for additional help to get it working. Regards, Adam -- Adam Goryachev Website Managers www.websitemanagers.com.au ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. This 200-page book is written by three acclaimed leaders in the field. The early access version is available now. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/neotech_d2d_may _______________________________________________ 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/
