Re: [BackupPC-users] is the rsync method encrypted by default?

On 10/21 12:43 , Frank J. Gómez wrote:
> I'm backing up a host with:
> $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsync';
> $Conf{RsyncClientCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l root $host $rsyncPath $argList+';
> 
> I'm not very familiar with running commands remotely via SSH; is the whole
> rsync transaction encrypted by virtue of being called this way, or are we
> just using SSH as a way to get to the host and execute commands on it?

rsync is using SSH as its 'transport mechanism'; so SSH builds the
connection, executes an rsync program on the other side, and provides a
tunnel for the data to travel down. It provides end-to-end encryption of the
process.

-- 
Carl Soderstrom
Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
www.real-time.com

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