> I noticed amanda supports Kerberos authentication but I was 
> asked to find out if it possibly supports "PKI" (public key 
> infrastructure) instead of Kerberos, or if there is any way 
> to make it use OpenSSL/SSH for the transfer protocol instead 
> of the "proprietary" amanda protocol normally used? Or is 
> there any easy way to make Amanda encrypt the tar files (I'm 
> using GNUTAR instead of dump) before sending it over the network?
> 

I found SSL encryption filter patch for amanda, but it's only for amanda-2.4.3 
as far as I can tell.. anyone know if this has been done for 2.4.4 (or if it 
would be easily possible to DIY)? 
http://cns.utoronto.ca/~pkern/stuff/amanda-patch/Readme