On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 03:34:04 +1000 Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au> wrote:
> Doing a GPG backup of the closed crypt volume would not > compress well. Obviously the more /real/ data there is on the > open crypt volume, the larger a GPG backup file will be. Indeed, it is very bad practice to bit backup (except if you're a forensic)… > Besides, > this is just for example, backing up with GPG might not be a good > idea (tm). Although if you use duplicity [1], it might be an > excellent idea, but I don't know enough about that yet. One backup pgm I find _very_ practical, when huge tapes aren't required, is BackupPC (http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/). You can even backup a whole Linux system. It compresses all files, symlink them when they haven't change from one backup to another, you get a nice http interface (no need of a http svr) where even users can backup/restore themselves part or all of their files, the way it acts allow you to keep backups for long periods of time, etc… It can also use the rsync method to keep network exchanges quite low. Note: for your partition(s), using /dev/urandom isn't a problem. Pseudo random generator under Linux is not that bad and its output fit your needs. -- <G33kPowaah> In fact, the difference between Linux and Windows is Linux is like a fox, you need to tame it, understand it, seduce it; whereas Windows is like a prostitute, you need to pay and especially protect yourself. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140607200648.26f0c954@anubis.defcon1
