AW: AW: Strong encryption
C.Zimmermann
clemens at prz.tu-berlin.de
Wed Jun 5 04:27:02 EST 2002
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> >I thought, rsync only looks at the modification date of a file and
> >decides whether to backup this file or not.
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> By default, it does not, in fact it's REAL usefullness it's that uit
> examines the content of the file to send just what is needed,
> differently from other mirroring software.
But beside this rsync offers the mechanism for incremental mirroring on
file bases over the network, so I think it makes sence to enhance rsync
with the encryption option on destination files.
Its better than "tar -cvf - / | pgp | ssh user at destinationhost"
Clemens
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