On Sat, 16 Mar 2013, Michael Rasmussen wrote:
> This is from journalist Dan Gillmor.
> Anyone?
>
> I've made the transition to Linux fairly smoothly, but one of the things I 
> miss most from the Mac ecosystem is the
> ability to create encrypted sparse bundle disk images. This technique breaks 
> up a large file (or directory or
> collections of folders) into a directory of smaller encrypted chunks -- files 
> -- and it grows as the amount data you put
> into it grows.
>
> This is particularly useful for online backup (e.g. Dropbox) for two reasons: 
> First, the only items that change are
> particular files, not the entire thing, so it's bandwidth friendly. Second, 
> given the relatively poor security record at
> Dropbox -- which I like a lot for most purposes -- this is much safer.

This sounds a bit like this utility:

http://duplicity.nongnu.org/

You might want to check it out.  Caveats: I don't use it, know next to 
nothing about it, use at own risk, etc.

--
David Fleck
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