On 5/5/05, Fred James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All > Right now, our backups tapes are written with ... > tar -cvf /dev/st0 ./$Path >> $TOC > ... and I am thinking of adding some kind of encryption to the routine. > Is there anything simple, or am I looking at writing something to use > the likes of blowfish? Thank you in advance for any help you may be > able to offer.
Actually encryption should come before you start tar'ing up the files to tape since if it's worth encrypting the backup it's worth encrypting the original. that said there are quite a few HOWTOs focusing on using the loopback device to mount encrypted filesystems on linux the man page for enc(1) is fairly clear on what options are available for using the openssl crypto libraries to solve that problem. -- http://Zoneverte.org -- information explained Do you know what your IT infrastructure does? _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
