On 07/05/13 18:00, zoku wrote:
> Hello everyone.
> I installed my backupPC on an Unbuntu server.
> Now I'd like to backup a windows host which is outside of my local network.
> Should I use rsync or rsynd?
> I'm new to this and I'm kinda lost....Aren't these the same?
rsync and rsyncd are mostly the same, you will likely use rsync over
SSH, while rsyncd is a direct connection, ie, just TCP.
If the machine to be backed up is remote, then you should probably want
better authentication than what rsyncd offers, as well as encryption
and/or compression of the data (to stop snoops, and improve performance
over the WAN).
So, I'd suggest either rsyncd over openvpn, or else rsync over SSH.
openvpn is very easy to install on both windows and linux, and you can
use iptables on Linux to restrict traffic to just SSH outbound, and use
windows firewall to restrict traffic to just ssh inbound (on the VPN
interfaces) to prevent "internal" attacks, ie, if someone hacks with
windows machine you don't want them to be able to attack the backup
machine (and vice versa).
Using SSH under windows can also be easy, I've used cygwin to get that
installed, and it works quite well.
BTW, openvpn will compress the network layer, as can SSH if you
configure them correctly.
Hope all this helps, you will probably need to do some research/reading,
and determine what your environment requires before asking for
additional help to get it working.
Regards,
Adam
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