Hi there, On Tue, 26 Aug 2025, Way3.com Info wrote:
... Was that something setup via Backuppc or within FreeBSD?
More or less any Linux distribution can be set up to use one or more encrypted partition(s) or filesystem(s). The partitions/FSs on any given system don't all need to be encrypted - there can be advantages to having the bootable system on non-encrypted storage for example.
Is there a way to encrypt with Backuppc?
BackupPC does not do any encryption. I'm not sure that you'd want to do it that way anyway. If you did, then BackupPC would need to have access to the encryption key at all times, which would increase the risk of it escaping. If you use a partition or filesystem encrypted by the OS, then the only time the key is used is when you type it at a terminal when the OS mounts the partition/FS for example at boot time. Software which makes use of the encrypted data does not need access to the encryption key, thus the risk of key compromise is reduced. Of course none of this helps if the system itself is compromised. -- 73, Ged. _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
