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I've got a number of random people's home PC's that I backup (friends
and relatives etc), and I'm wondering what methods people use to handle
this sort of environment.

My latest method is to use the following components:
1) dynamic DNS to find them
2) static IP on the machine
3) static port forwarding on their home modem/router
4) install and configure cygwin SSH and rsync (not rsyncd)

This method works pretty well for backing up non-open files (ie, the
users real documents/etc).

However, I'm trying to find an easier method to solve the following
problems:
* Avoid the issue of having to go onsite and configure everything
* Avoid static IP's and port forwarding
* Avoid installation and configuration of software (cygwin) which the
person can't do themselves...

Recently, I found some software which can use upnp to tell the router to
setup the port forwarding. There is user configurable software to handle
the dynamic DNS as well. These two are a start to solving items 1, 2 and 3.

If I could find a solution to 4, then it would really simplify my life,
especially if this option would also handle open files :)

Finally, some method for the user to configure which files are backed
up/ignored would be the final icing on the cake...

Thanks for any comments/ideas

Regards,
Adam

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Adam Goryachev
Website Managers
www.websitemanagers.com.au
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