From: unruh@invalid.ca   
      
   Why not created an encrypted filespace/partition using cryptmount on   
   whatever your backup medium is. Mount the encrypted partition onto your   
   system and copy over the stuff you want backed up, and then use crypmount -u   
   to umount it.   
   Now you will have a copy as if it were a file system.   
      
      
   Use cryptmount-setup to set up the storage location and set up a   
   password.   
      
   man cryptmount-setup   
   man cmtab   
   man cryptmount   
      
      
   On 2020-09-13, Sidney_Kotic  wrote:   
   > I like to carry a backup with me when I leave the house for more than a few   
   > days, just in case of fire or earthquakes.  Being a bit paranoid I'm not   
   > thrilled with wandering around carrying an unencrypted backup of all my   
   personal   
   > information.  This is the process I've worked out and I'd like some opinions   
   on   
   > what I could do to improve it.   
   >   
   > Create the backup:   
   > tar -czf - adirectory | openssl enc -e -aes256 -out /aplacetop   
   tit/secured.tar.gz   
   >   
   > Give it a password, twice.   
   >   
   > If I need the backup for some reason:   
   >   
   > openssl aes256 -d in secured.tar.gz -out afilename.tar   
   >   
   > Give it the password.  It gets ugly and says:   
   > *** WARNING : deprecated key derivation used.   
   > Using -iter or -pbkdf2 would be better.   
   >   
   > But it works anyhow, and at this point I have the afilename.tar file with the   
   > adirectory in it.   
   >   
   > I'm not sure what to do about the warning.   
      
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