Re: [Nolug] encrypted remote filesystem project

From: Petri Laihonen <pietu_at_weblizards.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:51:18 -0500
Message-ID: <46D64CC6.2030207@weblizards.net>

First thing that comes to mind would be this http://www.truecrypt.org/
And once you encrypt the files on your local machine, you can safely use
any unsafe transfer method.

Petri

Joey Kelly wrote:
> Guys,
>
> I have a project I'm working on that goes something like this:
>
> I want to rsync my backups somewhere off-site before the next monster
> hurricane kills us all. I do this all the time at several locations in and
> around floody new Orleans, but I need something out-of-state. I'd like to use
> some-random-webhost-company.com for off-site storage, since they're cheap.
> The problem is, I don't want my data to be human-readable on their
> easily-cracked server.
>
> Here's my ideal solution: I can ssh to the web host's server, no problem. I
> can also mount the server's filesystem via some tool like fish. I want to be
> able to rsync my stuff over to their server, but I want the files I place
> there to be encrypted, let's say with GPG. I want some tool running on my
> desktop here at home to transparently encrypt the files as they are being
> placed on the remote server. I also want rsync to be able to look into the
> encrypted files and see only the unencrypted versions, so that rsync will
> work properly. In other words, I don't want rsync to know anything about the
> fact that those files are encrypted on the remote server.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
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