Re: Strong encryption

2002-06-06 Thread Lapo Luchini
encript the data in chunks, where the chunk boundaries are determined by the That would lessen encryption security, of course. -- Lapo 'Raist' Luchini [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PGP X.509 keys available) http://www.lapo.it (ICQ UIN: 529796) -- To unsubscribe or change options:

Re: Strong encryption

2002-06-06 Thread Michael Salmon
On Thursday, June 06, 2002 09:55:00 AM +0200 Lapo Luchini [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: +-- | | | encript the data in chunks, where the chunk boundaries are determined | by the | | | That would lessen encryption security, of course. +-X8 All encryption is done in chunks, the size

Re: Strong encryption

2002-06-06 Thread Lapo Luchini
| That would lessen encryption security, of course. All encryption is done in chunks, the size varies of course, usually between 1 and 256 bits. Of course, but even if block ciphers are usually used to encode data, they are usually used in OFB or other feedback mode that convert them to

Strong encryption

2002-06-05 Thread C.Zimmermann
We need to encrypt files before transferring them to the destination Host for security reasons. Encryption must be strong: IDEA, 3DES or similar. One way would be the integration of PGP into rsync. Is there any PGP integration into rsync available ? Thank´s Clemens -- To unsubscribe or

Re: Strong encryption

2002-06-05 Thread jw schultz
On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 11:42:12AM +0200, C.Zimmermann wrote: We need to encrypt files before transferring them to the destination Host for security reasons. Encryption must be strong: IDEA, 3DES or similar. One way would be the integration of PGP into rsync. Is there any PGP integration

Re: Strong encryption

2002-06-05 Thread 'jw schultz'
On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 12:21:18PM +0200, C.Zimmermann wrote: If you want them stored on the destination encrypted you Yes, that´s it. The owner of the source files will be sure, that no one else can read his files on the destination host. I thought, rsync only looks at the

Re: Strong encryption

2002-06-05 Thread Lapo Luchini
Is there any PGP integration into rsync available ? No, but there's OpenSSH... quite what you're searching for =) http://www.openssh.org/ -- Lapo 'Raist' Luchini [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PGP X.509 keys available) http://www.lapo.it (ICQ UIN: 529796) -- To unsubscribe or change options:

Re: AW: Strong encryption

2002-06-05 Thread Lapo Luchini
I thought, rsync only looks at the modification date of a file and decides whether to backup this file or not. By default, it does not, in fact it's REAL usefullness it's that uit examines the content of the file to send just what is needed, differently from other mirroring software. --

Re: Strong encryption

2002-06-05 Thread Adrian Ho
On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 03:33:23AM -0700, 'jw schultz' wrote: As you have said rsync normally just looks at the modification date And the file size. This check, to the best of my knowledge, cannot be turned off. - Adrian -- To unsubscribe or change options:

Re: Strong encryption

2002-06-05 Thread 'jw schultz'
On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 06:45:44PM +0800, Adrian Ho wrote: On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 03:33:23AM -0700, 'jw schultz' wrote: As you have said rsync normally just looks at the modification date And the file size. This check, to the best of my knowledge, cannot be turned off. Yes. I

AW: AW: Strong encryption

2002-06-05 Thread C.Zimmermann
I thought, rsync only looks at the modification date of a file and decides whether to backup this file or not. By default, it does not, in fact it's REAL usefullness it's that uit examines the content of the file to send just what is needed, differently from other mirroring

Re: Strong encryption

2002-06-05 Thread jw schultz
On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 01:22:28PM +0200, C.Zimmermann wrote: I thought, rsync only looks at the modification date of a file and decides whether to backup this file or not. By default, it does not, in fact it's REAL usefullness it's that uit examines the content of the file to

Re: Strong encryption

2002-06-05 Thread Donovan Baarda
On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 03:33:23AM -0700, 'jw schultz' wrote: On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 12:21:18PM +0200, C.Zimmermann wrote: If you want them stored on the destination encrypted you Yes, that?s it. The owner of the source files will be sure, that no one else can read his files on