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Hello Kenneth,
 Thank you for your interesting suggestion. I currently running the
backup in the middle of the night, automatically, I am wondering if
there is a more automatic method, that really doesn't use other
machines. What do people use for encryption under Unix in general...?

As an aside, can anyone also tell me why is cpio better than tar?

Thanks again for your time,
Nick


In article <377262B6.404B7927@lucent.com>,
  Kenneth C Stahl <kstahl@lucent.com> wrote:
> A simple way is to use nfs to allow your linux file systems to be
mountable
> from an NT or Windows 95/98 machine. To perform the backup, just
mount the
> directories and then use any Windows backup program that offers
password
> protection. If you have a slow network this may take a while, but at
least
> it will be secure.
>
> Another way would be to perform a cpio backup to tape on the linux
box (tar
> is never a very good idea and the only reason it is still around is
that
> there is a lot of legacy support for it) and then share that drive
with an
> NT/Win95/98 box and copy the cpio file to a tape backup with password
> protection and then erase the tape that has the cpio file.
>
> Ken
>
> nwaltham@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> >  I have a Redhat Linux 5.2 server with the kernel upgraded to
2.1.10. I
> > have taken various physical security measures like making lilo boot
> > straight in without waiting for a prompt, passwording the bios setup
> > and disabling the floppy in the BIOS. It strikes me that the weakest
> > point, from a physical point of view is the tape backup. The tapes
are
> > made using tar, so could be read easily on other machines. I would
like
> > to continue using tar, but what could I use as a filter (some kind
of
> > compressable encryption with password) which would offer some kind
of
> > protection? I don't think we are under any real threat, I just want
to
> > do things using 'good practices' just in case I am asked!!!!
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Nick
> >
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>
>


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