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|    Carlos E.R. to All    |
|    Re: Encrypted backup.    |
|    14 Sep 20 03:18:54    |
      From: robin_listas@es.invalid              On 14/09/2020 01.16, 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.              Just have an external hard disk, and in YaST format it as encrypted.       That's all you need.              If you do it as btrfs, then you can also compress it.              Only be careful to comment out the line on fstab, or the system will       want it on every boot.              To use it, just plug it in on an openSUSE system. You will get a prompt       for the password. It will be mounted transparently.              --       Cheers, Carlos.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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