Quoting John Magolske ([email protected]): > Hi, > > I'd like to create encrypted backups onto a remote server in such a > way that the remote server never sees anything unencrypted. The idea > would be to sync my home directory onto a local drive (using rsync or > rdiff-backup) into a directory that gets encrypted by ecryptfs, then > rsync that encrypted directory up to a remote server via ssh: > > (A) Simple mirror: > > % sudo mount -t ecryptfs /drive/encrypt /drive/decrypt > % rsync -av --delete /home/john /drive/decrypt > % sudo umount -i /drive/decrypt > % rsync -av --delete -e ssh /drive/encrypt [email protected]:/backup
Should be fine. I do effectively this for several directories. > (B) Mirror with increments using rdiff-backup: > > % sudo mount -t ecryptfs /drive/encrypt /drive/decrypt > % rdiff-backup /home/john /drive/decrypt > % sudo umount -i /drive/decrypt > % rsync -av --delete -e ssh /drive/encrypt [email protected]:/backup Should be fine. Haven't used rdiff-backup in 4 or 5 years, but there should be nothing stopping it from working. > (C) Use sshfs to mount the remote encrypted backup & decrypt it locally: > > % sshfs [email protected]:backup /remote-encrypt > % sudo mount -t ecryptfs /remote-encrypt /remote-decrypt > % cd /remote-decrypt I don't know how sshfs works in the background, but this one would worry me. -serge _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs-users Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs-users More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
