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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Encrypted backups under Gentoo
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:54:48
Message-Id: 20080418095441.736a92e6@loonquawl.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Encrypted backups under Gentoo by Florian Philipp
1 On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:44:05 +0200, Florian Philipp wrote:
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3 > > - If your local backup becomes corrupt, then so does your remote
4 > > backup, except if you are quick enough to disable the rsync step.
5 >
6 > That's why I use rdiff-backup.
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8 rdiff-backup isn't really suitable for offsite backups because it uses no
9 compression, making the space and bandwidth requirements double those of
10 other methods. It also uses no encryption.
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12 Duplicity is by the same author and is aimed more at offsite backups.
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16 Neil Bothwick
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18 Windows Error:01F Reserved for future mistakes.

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