Amanda-Users

Re: Running AMANDA over the Internet

2003-02-05 11:51:01
Subject: Re: Running AMANDA over the Internet
From: Marius Sorteberg <marius AT overalt DOT no>
To: marc.bigler AT day DOT com
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 17:16:33 +0100
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 03:49:32PM +0100, marc.bigler AT day DOT com wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Let's take the scenario where I have got an AMANDA server located at one
> central site and have a few other servers located at various places around
> the globe which of course all need to be backed up by the centraon site's
> AMANDA server. My question is now more related about security and how
> secure it is to run backups over the internet. Is AMANA secure by default
> to run over the internet or are there any optional compiling options or
> features which I should use to make the clients itself and the dump secure
> ?
>
Run Amanda thru a IPsec tunnel. I got a setup that backs up 3 servers over a 
704kb/s cable connection.
It works fine, but take aprox. 9 hours to do a full dump (7GB, when commpressed 
on clients). 

Regards

 Marius Sorteberg