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----- "Steve" <leperas AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> You could show her something like TrueCrypt; if she put all the files
> she was worried about in a TrueCrypt volume(s), it would just be a
> "file" as far as BackupPC is concerned. This is available for Windows
> and Linux I believe, maybe Mac's too...
> Evets
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Max Hetrick <maxhetrick AT verizon DOT net> wrote:
> > Max Hetrick wrote:
> >> It remains in a locked room then, with no mouse or keyboard either, and
> >> the building is alarmed. Once it's online then, online two
> >> administrators, myself and my boss, are able to view the backups threw
> >> BackupPC's web interface.
> >
> > ... through not threw. My typing and thinking skills aren't on par today. :)
> >
We have a user with the same situation... the company owner. Our solution seemed optimum... until it failed.
My requirements ended up being
1) The encryption must be on the users computer
2) The encryption must be invisible to the user
3) The backup and restore should work on individual files
1 and 2 were easy. 3 was difficult, and created a derived requirement of:
4) filename must remain known and readable.
That ruled out truecrypt. If the user wanted a single .doc file restored, I didn't/couldn't restore a 5 GB truecrypt file.
The end result was we installed PGP encryption from http://www.pgp.com/products/index.html which let us encrypt on a directory basis, encrypting file contents while leaving file names intact.
Worked like a charm. File were de-crypted as the user needed them. Files backed up with smbclient got the encrypted version. User wanted to restore a file, he gave us the name, and we restored it.
Then it failed. Somehow, a file (apparently) became doubly encrypted. It couldn't be decrypted, the file was toast. The user found out too late, and a good copy was gone. One dead spreadsheet. One unhappy CEO.
He now backs up to an encrypted USB drive.
Gerald
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