On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:08:48 +0200, lee wrote: > Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Encryption at software level adds an extra layer of incompatiblity I >> prefer to avoid for backups. > > What is incompatible about creating an archive with tar and then > encrypting it with gpg?
Nothing... unless you have to extract the backup files on Windows, MacOS, another non-linux system or simply in a computer that has not installed the required program to cope with GPG for decrypting. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.07.23.15.51...@gmail.com
