I prefer to always use rsync with SSH because it encrypts all the transfered data. But on my Windows machines I didn't have time to set up Cygwin with an ssh server, so I'm using the rsyncd package that is downloadable from the BackupPC sourceforge site. (rsyncd transmits data unencrypted). I'll eventually get rsync over SSH running on my Windows machines too, once I get some spare time.
Obviously encrypted data is safer than non-encrypted data. But if you're not worried about people on your local network using packet sniffers, then using rsyncd (non-encrypted) isn't a major concern. I think (but I'm not sure) that smb transfers data unencrypted as well. -Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Rob, you use rsync with SSH ? Between Linux clients and server or between > windows client and a linux server ? > Thanks a lot for your answer. > > Have a nice day. > Regards, > > Romain > > > > > > Rob Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Envoyé par : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 09/10/2007 20:27 > > A > > cc > backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Objet > Re: [BackupPC-users] Your opinion about Samba / Rsync (+ SSH) / Rsyncd > > > > > > > Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: >> On 10/08 09:14 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Is it possible to have your opinion or the pros and cons about > XferMethod >>> (between Linux server and Windows clients) ? >> In all but some unusual cases, use rsync. Most files on a computer don't >> change; so transferring only the changed ones is the sensible thing to > do. >> Most of the Windows workstations I back up; take <10 minutes; and most > of >> the time is spent just figuring out what files have changed. If those >> backups were done with tar, they would take .5-1.5hr in most cases, to >> transfer all the files. >> > I agree. Although I don't have any experience using tar or smb with > BackupPC, rsync just makes sense. I back up over the internet, which > would be basically impossible for me to do using tar or smb, since they > require periodic full transfers. Rsync's "full backups" still only > transfer the changes in files. > > I use rync over ssh to backup Linux boxes, and rsyncd to backup Windows > boxes. I've very happy with it. > > -Rob > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > SC2N -S.A Siège Social : 2, Rue Andre Boulle - 94000 Créteil - 327 153 > 722 RCS Créteil > > > > "This e-mail message is intended only for the use of the intended > recipient(s). > The information contained therein may be confidential or privileged, and > its disclosure or reproduction is strictly prohibited. > If you are not the intended recipient, please return it immediately to its > sender at the above address and destroy it." > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
