Backup with encryption

[Erwan David]

Le Thu 17/02/2005, Dany Nativel disait
> 
> According to the man page, you can choose the one you like :
> *
> --encrypt-key */key/
>    When backing up, encrypt to the given public key, instead of using
>    symmetric (traditional) encryption. Can be specified multiple times.
> 
> BTW,  I use rdiff-backup (http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/) which 
> doesn't offer any encrytpion but  provides a very efficient way to 
> perform incremental backups.

I use tar f -|gpg for my backups. And I encrypt with my public key. My private key 
is stored on a USB key for security. 

-- 
Erwan