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Re: Backup Software



On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:08:48 +0200, lee wrote:

> Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Encryption at software level adds an extra layer of incompatiblity I
>> prefer to avoid for backups.
> 
> What is incompatible about creating an archive with tar and then
> encrypting it with gpg?

Nothing... unless you have to extract the backup files on Windows, MacOS, 
another non-linux system or simply in a computer that has not installed 
the required program to cope with GPG for decrypting.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


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