On Jun 9, 2011, at 10:06, Lawrence Sica <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jun 9, 2011, at 12:05 AM, LuKreme wrote:
>> On Jun 8, 2011, at 14:35, Nathan Sims <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I need to archive off a bunch of source code and data to DVDs. Is there a 
>>> way to do so that encrypts the archive?
>> I have a DVD sized dmg that is encrypted with a 30+ character password that 
>> is random. I periodically write that dmg to a blank DVD. Well, I used to. 
>> Now i just use rsync to sync the file to multiple locations. 
>> 
> What is the current shelf live of a burned DVD?  I know one potential issue 
> is media degradation.

Depends on the disk. The first disk I burned, which cost something like $10 for 
the blank, still works, as do the others I burned around that time. I have had 
discs fail, but they have failed very quickly. I think the only disc I've had 
fail after a period of times were ones that were badly mistreated.

> 
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