On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 6:29 AM, Gerry George <george.gerry AT gmail DOT com> 
wrote:
> I agree with the data de-duplication issues mentioned.  This is one of
> BackupPC's strongest features and defeating this option will seriously
> reduce the attraction of the software.
>
> On the other hand, ignoring the encryption requirement, how does the
> conversion form "pull" to "push" backups as was described (proposed?)  sound
> to be able to provide an offsite data backup service?   What about the
> potential challenges to the client web access under the current model if the
> backup server is located remotely to the client?

You can do that with no changes to backuppc itself.  You can use the
web interface to start a backup on demand.  The catch is that 'remote'
in this context is likely to mean behind a NAT or roaming.   In that
you can set up a VPN that has a known IP for the end point, or an ssh
tunnel with pre-arranged port forwarding for backuppc to use.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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