On Thu, 1 Aug 2013 19:17:00 +0300, Ciprian Dorin Craciun <ciprian.craciun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I found that the best way to "clone" the > contents of a file system (minus any meta-data like ACL, extended > attributes, etc.) is via `cpio` over `ssh`. It beats `rsync` [...] ...or tar+ssh and if you can afford to trade security (although from your posts I wouldn't) use a weak cipher f.e. arcfour (use case: private network where you only have ssh login to servers). As all others posters suggested you will shoot yourself in the foot. It's not about if, but when. _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt