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Bill Damage wrote:
> Hi, if I do a mysqldump it creates a huge text file which compresses to
> 1/10 its size if zipped. What I'm wondering is if this is needed as I'm
> only doing it to shorten the transmission time, IOW does bacula compress
> traffic as its being transmitted automatically? Related to this is
> security - is there anything in place without having to set up ssh
> tunnels etc (i.e. over and above what you'd get with http/ftp
> transmissions) ? Thanks.

Short answer: No and No. There is no automatic compression and no
automatic encryption. You need to set this up. Check the FileSet
Resource in the manual (which is where you set up compression) and the
separate topic on TLS (communications encryption).

http://www.bacula.org/en/rel-manual/index.html

Greetings,
       Michel
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