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Re: Bug#815675: ITP: ftpbackup -- Script to backups your data from a Debian system to a ftp space



Hi,

On Tue, 23 Feb 2016, Simon McVittie wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Feb 2016 at 15:45:59 +0100, Carl Chenet wrote:
> >   Description     : Script to backup your data from a Debian system to a ftp space
> 
> Backups via ftp? In 2016?
> 
> I don't think Debian should be encouraging backups that don't have
> integrity protection (authentication/signing), and preferably also
> confidentiality protection (encryption) - if not at rest (e.g. duplicity
> or obnam with a GPG key enabled), then at least in transit (anything
> that uses SSH or TLS as its transport, e.g. duplicity, obnam, rdiff-backup,
> rsync, or something that uses ftps:// if you must).

I would like to point out that this whole thread is mostly pointless since
neiter Carl nor the ITP bug is in copy and that Carl (like most people
filing ITP) is probably not reading debian-devel.

Carl, you might want to have a look at the debian-devel archives. Multiple
persons commented on your ITP.

Cheers,
-- 
Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer

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