On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 00:38:56 +0200, a.engels@xxxxxxx wrote: > I am not worried about the file transfer to the backup machines. I dont > fully (actually not at all) trust the backup machines. I cant restrict > physical access to these machines and I am not the only one who has root on > them. Theoretically, a secure whole disk encryption should deliver enought > security even if the image is world readable, right? What gains you an encrypted partition when there is another (evil) root on that machine while the partition is mounted? Encrypt your backup at home and put the tar.gz.gpg or something on the backup machine. Kind regards, Martin - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
