Amanda-Users

Re: Encrypted backups on FreeBSD ?

2008-04-03 00:54:30
Subject: Re: Encrypted backups on FreeBSD ?
From: "Paddy Sreenivasan" <paddy AT zmanda DOT com>
To: Nomad <atxnomad AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 21:46:36 -0700
On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Nomad <atxnomad AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> I'm having some strange issues as well, trying to do encrypted backups on
> FreeBSD.  Let me ask this:
>
> 1.  Is encrypted storage of backups a production feature?

Yes.  We have done limited testing on FreeBSD as well as encryption
using aesutil.
Most of the testing has been done using gpg.

> 2.  What documentation is available giving technical details on encrypted
> backups using amanda?

See http://www.zmanda.com/quick-backup-setup.html (uses gpg encryption)
and http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/How_To:Set_up_data_encryption

There is another amanda user who has used amcrypt (not on FreeBSD)
http://forums.zmanda.com/showthread.php?t=41

Paddy