[Fwd: Re: Encryption protection]
ditto! USERS RULE! plug-in encryption modules, hiphip! - ilyes Original Message From: Eric Ullman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Encryption protection To: retro-talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jon Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The *right* way to implement this is to let the USERS choose which encryption scheme THEY want to use. Dantz shouldn't be the one who chooses this. It could be as simple as a popup menu on the server that would decide which scheme to use. If I want DES, Blowfish, SSL, AES or whatever, then I should be able to use it. In fact, I could see this as a marketing opportunity for Dantz and/or Third Party's to provide "plugins" that provide different encryption scheme's as extra products. If someone wants more security, buy this product and put this plugin in the plugin's directory. Very good ideas, Jon. You're not alone in your thinking, either. Eric Ullman Dantz Development -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050. -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Re: Manual
The Retrospect 4.3 manual has a black spine with 'Retrospect' in orange on the left-half of it. The book's 9" tall x 7.5" wide, softcover, 279 pages. The front has an orange horizontal strip across the bottom, else the cover is mostly black'n'white, only again with an orange 'Retrospect' above the large white word 'BACKUP' taking up the lower half of the cover. g'luck! -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Re: tape or hard drive?
DavidRoss wrote: I like the HP DDS/DAT drives. thanks for the info on this ... Sounds like these could fit in as a part of my overall multi-faceted backup system (I think I want a USB disc, too). Now, can you tell me: Someone else informed me of the DDS-1 -2 -3 breakdowns and the different megs the tapes handled. My question: will one drive accept ALL THREE tapes, or does each tape have to be used with ts own drive? thanks, David - - ilyes -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Re: tape or hard drive?
thanks very much for taking the time to share yr backup strategy with me, Malcom -- excellent ideas, since I basically have had no overall efficient strategy myself! i like yr idea of using a disc for increments, then weekly backing to tape. I'll also do off-site storage for one backup set this time, too. many thanks, - ilyes PS: I know there are many hi-end tape drives out there, but d'you know of a reliable one in the $300-range? -- "One who knows the secret of Sound knows the Mystery of the Universe." -- Hazrat Inayat Khan -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Strategies and work-arounds?
I agree with you TOTALLY, Scott! What're our options? Single-users have simpler needs than those using networks; in this light, what Retrospect scenarios should WE be considering? I have a G4/400/9.0.4 with 2 internal hard drives with 9 partitions between them. What's really the BEST way for me to back these up -- not just how often, but what strategies should I be considering, including how can I go about automating the process? Because I back up to an external SCSI HD, I'm apparently unable to use a Script with Retrospect! I've got Retrospect 4.3, the full version (not Lite). Is there ANY way I can get around this? I've written some simple AppleScripts for other apps, and have modified ready-made ones to my needs, but am really less than a neophyte with this kind of scripting -- BUT I CAN TEACH MYSELF if I knew precisely WHAT I needed to learn -- I'm not unfamiliar with programming. What backup strategies might I benefit from considering, and where can I find them? What can I do to work around the no-script-for-externals limitation? Ideally, I want to click ONE icon and have all the partitions backed up -- is this possible? TIA for your assistance, - ilyes "Scott Dunn" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: RE: Retro Server 5 on NT 4 These are the kind of tips I would hope to see on the Dantz website, too. Providing a backup solution should be more than just providing the software and the hardware. Demonstrating effective recovery options for a variety of situations and platforms on the website will only add value to the software for the user. -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Re: New Apple SuperDrive Support
http://cryptome.org/jg-wwwcp.htm thanks, Steve, for the turn-on to this piece ... this is a dangerous precedent I, for one, don't want to encourage ... it's another example of how the huge transnationals press forward in their determination to whittle away at and attempt to restrict and direct consumer choice. the best way to NOT support this kind of manipulation is to get the article above tightened down to a SIMPLE and short piece (ie, here's the policy, here's what you will and won't be able to do because of it), then get it 'round the Internet, and encourage folks to NOT buy these players until they include built-in options for copying. their pay and pay and pay-per-view (or per-listen) coercion is UNacceptable, and I believe if folks were made aware of these up-coming products they'd decline to buy them, too. I can't imagine anyone willingly buying in to this kind of self-censorship once they're aware of the implications. - ilyes - - --- Steve Axthelm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know how this affects data writing/reading, but you might want to read this: http://cryptome.org/jg-wwwcp.htm "...What is wrong is when companies who make copy-protecting products don't disclose the restrictions to the consumers. Like Apple's recent happy-happy web pages on their new DVD-writing drive, announced this month (http://www.apple.com/idvd/)..." Will Dantz support it? Eric announced that Dantz would be supporting the drive and that "It's a VERY high priority" -Steve - - --- At 11:53 -0500 1/25/01, Parthenon West wrote: Apple is now installing the Pioneer DVR-A03 DVD recorder in it's machines. I've read a lot of articles about the drive, but NO ONE mentions burning computer data on it, just music and movies! -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Re: New Apple SuperDrive / CSS
http://www.lemuria.org/DeCSS/paranoia.html I don't want to roam TOO far afield with this DVD-copying thread, BUT ... I believe this is a most important matter that in one way or another touches, or will touch, EACH of us who uses a computer or buys audio/video toys: I searched google on DeCSS (code to UNscramble CSS or 'content scrambling system') and came up with many pages of info on it, including the URL I pasted above. It describes WHAT DVD-CSS folks are doing, and WHY. It should be no surprise that the bottom line is the USUAL bottom line: more money for themselves and their stockholders; and controlled -- and fewer -- choices for consumers ... (ah, the glories of megamergers!) I myself am involved in service-oriented work, and believe STRONGLY that if one resonates with another's creative endeavor, one SUPPORTS that creativity by PAYING MONEY for it. But when someone buys my book, I do NOT believe that I should have a right to charge them EVERY TIME they re-read it, or share it with a friend! Buy once, own forever ... ! I think DVD/CSS would-be-controllers might well be pinching off their own noses to spite their faces on this. Geeks seem to believe that the new G4/OS X combo (for one) shows much promise a/f/a getting around CSS restrictions goes -- after all, the G4s were MADE to create/edit audio/video projects ... The forced (unskippable) ads at the beginning of DVDs might be a good place from wch public resistance to this outrageous and intrusive arm-twisting might start: boycott those who advertise on DVDs, and let the advertiser know why you've decided to be part of a national boycot against them. They and the player-designers will get the message, but first you gotta talk their language ($$$) ... - ilyes -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
Re: huge catalogs and slow snapshots
Michael Kennard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I much prefer a Mac any day. Trust yr heart, Michael ... ;-) I started with a Tandy, was intimately familiar with DOS -- even Edlin -- in pre-Windows days ... but: the ease of troubleshooting a Mac, ease of installing/removing yr own RAM and cards (especially in the G4s), the savings in not having to send the machine out for repairs, ability to know where to find any file (including System files) immediately without having to sort out a billion subdirectories then guessing at the cryptic naming scheme, being able to use the G4 as server, the mind-boggling speed of the G4s compared with PCs (closest thing to telepathy-with-a-machine I've ever experienced!), and the fact that G4s DON'T CRASH (at least, mine hasn't in over 8 months, daily use, except twice when I had NetsCom's memory set too low THAT app kept locking me up), Retrospect's stunning speed and reliability when backing up my (admittedly small) 27gigs of hard drives -- I wouldn't part with my Mac, not for a dozen FREE anything-elses ... Given a choice, it hardly seems logical for anyone to WILLINGLY opt for an inadequate yesterday-machine :-) - ilyes -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Search: http://www.mail-archive.com/retro-talk%40latchkey.com/ For urgent issues, please contact Dantz technical support directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 925.253.3050.
the quantum end of the scale
TimDavid wrote:
it really pays to learn all of the "nooks and
crannies" of the program. I learned a lot of little things that really made
my life easier about 2 years after I started using Retrospect.
I'm a new Retrospect-user, and unlike you power-dudes working with
mega-gigs, I only need to backup my 27GB G4/400. I'm blown away by how
fast Retrospect is, am really happy with the software ...
Tho' for this app I actually DID read the manual, I know there's always
more ... Picking the brains of adepts is my preferred method of
learning. Would you folks share with me the #1 most helpful 'nook or
cranny' you've discovered, or direct me to any now-documented
'undocumented goodies' you've found especially helpful?
thanks in advance,
- ilyes
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