[GRLUG] "real men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ; ) "

[Bob Kline]

What's in it for us?

( joke )

Why not just use a RAID setup? To
get it off premises?  How much data
are "we" talking about?

   -- Bob


On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been thinking about a recurring issue...Namely that none of RCo's
> remote backup targets are very good. My home system has a problem
> remaining alive for any extended duration, and I don't have any other
> good prospective places to I can trust to send the data. (No offense
> to anyone who's offered, but it's hard for me to totally trust someone
> I've never met in person.*)
>
> I may have hit on a novel solution, but I want to run it past a bunch
> of people (namely, you), before I do something this crazy.
>
> Step 1: Take backup on server
> Step 2: Compress backup to tarball.
> Step 3: Encrypt tarball using GPG and a long, long public key.
> Step 4: Build a torrent.
> Step 5: Add torrent to RSS feed.
> Step 6: Anyone who wants to help can point their torrent client at the
> RSS feed. Data's encrypted, so I don't have to worry. With enough
> seeder boxes out there, there can be several full copies out there.
>
> Bonus: Server data migration happens much, much faster. :)
>
> Steps 2 and 3 can be munched a bit by nesting the encryption in the
> tarball, using separate keys for each subdirectory, or even splitting
> a .tar.lzma, separately encrypting each chunk with a unique key,
> tarring that and using another key for encrypting that final tarball.
>
> * Yes, this is me we're talking about, and I realize the irony.
>
>
> Thoughts?
> --
> :wq
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