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 [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
