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Re: new feature: client-side, server-side encryption dumptype option

2005-12-12 02:44:57
Subject: Re: new feature: client-side, server-side encryption dumptype option
From: Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>
To: Amanda Users <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 02:25:42 -0500
On Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 11:07:09AM -0800, Kevin Till wrote:
> 
> Yes, the reference encrypt script program provided is based on symmetric 
> encryption.
> I'm working on the asymmetric (public/private) encryption solution. The 
> infrastructure will support asymmetric encryption just fine.
> 
> Since amanda adds header information to the dump image, mdc 
> (modification detection code) cannot be supported at this point. Other 
> than that, it's working:
> 

As amanda does not modify the actual dump image,
could "mdc" be applied to just the dump image itself
ignoring the 32K header?

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