Fwd: Backup encryption key

[nir grinberg]

1. I use external drive
2. Using TrueCrypt I mount the external drive, encrypt its content and
password-protected it.
3. I backup all my data to this drive.
4. Data is encrypted, password protected and on un-recognized drive.

Once the drive is connected to a PC, you need to re-mount it using
TrueCrypt.  To mount the drive you will be requested the password.  if
you try to open the disk without mounting it first, it is show as
un-formatted drive.

Nice add-on, i initially partitioned the disk and left the
TrueCrypt.exe in it.  I can come to any computer, connect the drive
via its USB, run the application and get the data (password etc).

being using it for a while, works good.

nir

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Nir Grinberg
I.T.C. IP Technologies Ltd.
nir at IsraelNumber.com
www.IsraelNumber.com
972.3.9707000



2009/4/23 Yuval Hager <yuval at avramzon.net>:
> Hi,
>
> I've been considering encrypting my backups (e.g. using duplicity), but I am
> always afraid to lose the backup key when I lose the data I need to
> restore. This has the unfortunate implications of practically having no
> backups at all.
>
> I'd like to ask the list, when you backup your data (and you do, don't
> you?) - do you use encryption? If so, what measures do you take to ensure
> the key is safer than the data itself?
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> yuval
>
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