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Can't you use rsync on the raw encrypted volume since linux disk |
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encryption is block-based? |
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My understanding is that rsync also works equally well for syncing a |
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single large file where little of it has changed. |
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Just an idea, |
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-Alex |
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On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Jason wrote: |
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> Randall Nortman (gentoolists@×××××××××××.com) wrote: |
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> I'd considered that, unfortunately, three issues arose. One, I've |
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> earmarked 20 GB for my encrypted homedir for plenty of growth. It's |
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> currently over 4 GB of stuff I actually want there. Two, even if I |
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> shrink it, I can't assume I'll always have a fat pipe from my laptop. |
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> And three, I want user login to still be as quick and transparent as |
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> possible. Since very little changes in my homedir from one login to the |
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> next, rsyncing the data inside makes much more sense. |
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> I'm currently looking at the openssh API to ssh-agent and once I have |
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> that figured out I'll take a look at wedging it into cryptsetup. Not |
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> sure from a crypto perspective if that approach is tight, but I'll carry |
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> on till I'm told otherwise. :) |
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> Jason. |
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