Backup secure enough?

traveler 66 wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 10:40:16 -0700, Gualtier Malde wrote:
>
>> wrote:
>>> I want to do remote backups and need opinions whether this is secure
>>> enough? Not looking for bomber proof security but at least a decent
>>> security level so the weekend hacker can't open my files.
>>>
>>> 1. Backup file is 256-bit encrypted
>>> 2. Transfer via regular ftp
>>> 3. Store on the server used for my web hosting in a password protected
>>> folder
>>>
>>> Some of the options I've considered
>>>
>>> 1. Transfer via SSL ftp transfer: but if the file transferred is
>>> already encrypted, does a SSL transfer add any value?
>>> 2. I suspect a password protected web folder can rather easily be
>>> craked, however, the backup file being 256-bit encrypted, how likely /
>>> easily can this be cracked?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your feedback!
>>>
>>> S
>>>
>> You've had some excellent and authoritative responses on the web backup, but what about in-house
>> backup? I make a nightly clone backup to an 80 gig external hard drive. If I wanted, I could then
>> put it in a safe. The reason for a clone rather than a matrix is that restoring a clone does not
>> require the specific software that created it, and individual files and folders are available
>> without doing a complete restore.
>
> What kind of software do you use?
>
>> There are probably many of these systems. Mine is a drive in a nice case from Apricorn. I
>> understand Norton also has something called "Ghost".
>
> I think with Norton you have to restore cmpletely, you can't do just files
> or folders individually?
I use the software that came with the disk from Apricorn. The actual name of the routine is
CloneEZ. I got the whole idea and Apricorn info on another newsgroup, and now can't find the
original message. The guy who posted it, though, was using some different software, so I am
guessing that there must be some out there.

The CloneEZ works for me. At the end of the backup (done from bios) it waits until I hit any key
and then shuts the computer down. At that time turn off the external drive and unplug the USB
connector, because if you boot with it live there will be two identical copies of your system and I
have been told that some amount of chaos develops.

If I connect to the external drive and turn it on, and wait, I will get a folder window on the
screen with all the external drive contents, and I can go anywhere and pick up a file, but restoring
my system with all software installed, configured, and with all the passwords and codes requires
running CloneEZ and specifying the reverse direction.

Chuck

Gualtier Malde