Phil Stracchino:
> On 08/14/10 09:34, Dietz Pröpper wrote:
> > Peter Zenge:
> >> Remember also that if you are trying to minimize tape/disk/other
> >> backup media space used, and using encryption, you will need to use
> >> software compression.  The FD compresses before encrypting; once
> >> encrypted, as noted above, the data is no longer compressible...
> > 
> > Ack, that was point #3, which I completely forgot ;-).
> 
> Also, compression before encryption makes encryption harder to crack, as
> it eliminates redundancy in the data which can potentially simplify the
> task of attacking the encryption.

Indeed.

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