You might be able to use something like stenc (
http://sourceforge.net/projects/stenc/). We use it at work to encrypt the
stream to LTO tapes. That said, I don't know if it will work with
backuppc....and if you trust sourceforge...

--b


On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:30 PM, Dr. Boris Neubert <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
>
> Am 2. September 2015 16:15:34 schrieb Bowie
> >
> >> and how can be a backup encoded (because of unsecure cloud server or
> >> similar)?
> >
> > I believe the only way to do this is to have the data directory reside
> > on an encrypted filesystem.
> >
> I am also looking for a reasonable solution for encrypting remote backups.
> Encryption of the underlying filesystem on the remote end would not do the
> job because data are readily accessible as long as the filesystem is
> mounted.
>
> I would like encryption on the local end with a key that is kept local and
> a salt, e.g. the md5 checksum of the file. This ensures encryption already
> when file is in transit. For my setup, this would require getting in
> between reading the local file and transferring the then encrypted file via
> rsync (similar principle for restoring file).
>
> Could this be achieved with custom commands?
>
> Best regards
> Boris
>
>
>
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