Comments on: Free computer backup program http://www.indextown.com/archives/2006/08/01/free-computer-backup-program/ Personal finance and investing in mutual funds and ETFs Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:07:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: indexfundfan http://www.indextown.com/archives/2006/08/01/free-computer-backup-program/#comment-72 indexfundfan Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:23:31 +0000 http://www.indextown.com/archives/2006/08/01/free-computer-backup-program/#comment-72 No on the ftp. I currently did not have access to a server with a large enough disk space to do my backup. No on the http://ftp. I currently did not have access to a server with a large enough disk space to do my backup.

]]> By: choozm http://www.indextown.com/archives/2006/08/01/free-computer-backup-program/#comment-71 choozm Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:19:12 +0000 http://www.indextown.com/archives/2006/08/01/free-computer-backup-program/#comment-71 I have tried Cobian Backup v8. It also has the public/private key encrpytion that I want but the normal AES symmetric encryption is also good enough for me. In fact, Cobian Backup has pretty much what I need. Currently I backup sys and doc partitions as disk image once a few weeks, if I rememeber. Then burn them to DVD but it is stored onsite. So using Cobian Backup with Mozy sounds good to me. Have you started to use FTP for backup? I have tried Cobian Backup v8. It also has the public/private key encrpytion that I want but the normal AES symmetric encryption is also good enough for me. In fact, Cobian Backup has pretty much what I need.

Currently I backup sys and doc partitions as disk image once a few weeks, if I rememeber. Then burn them to DVD but it is stored onsite. So using Cobian Backup with Mozy sounds good to me.

Have you started to use FTP for backup?

]]> By: indexfundfan http://www.indextown.com/archives/2006/08/01/free-computer-backup-program/#comment-70 indexfundfan Thu, 03 Aug 2006 03:31:08 +0000 http://www.indextown.com/archives/2006/08/01/free-computer-backup-program/#comment-70 The backup program can be set to run in the background to backup automatically. According to the author, "Sensitive settings as passwords are now stored in the ini file using strong encryption". You only need to enter the password once. Your public/private key combination is probably more secure, as long as you can find a good/secure place to store the secure key and made sure it will be retrievable in case of disaster. There is another program, which can "mirror" files -- the mirrored files can be automatically encrypted. This program is called "Genie Backup". I believe it can also automatically backup to a ftp server. I am actually thinking of getting of signing up for one of the cheap servers, like www.1and1.com just for the backup space. Do you backup your files offsite? The backup program can be set to run in the background to backup automatically. According to the author, “Sensitive settings as passwords are now stored in the ini file using strong encryption”. You only need to enter the password once.

Your public/private key combination is probably more secure, as long as you can find a good/secure place to store the secure key and made sure it will be retrievable in case of disaster.

There is another program, which can “mirror” files — the mirrored files can be automatically encrypted. This program is called “Genie Backup”. I believe it can also automatically backup to a ftp server. I am actually thinking of getting of signing up for one of the cheap servers, like http://www.1and1.com just for the backup space.

Do you backup your files offsite?

]]> By: choozm http://www.indextown.com/archives/2006/08/01/free-computer-backup-program/#comment-69 choozm Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:56:40 +0000 http://www.indextown.com/archives/2006/08/01/free-computer-backup-program/#comment-69 Does this backup program run in the background with asking any password? I assume the password is entered once and stored (with encryption I hope) in your PC... I am looking for automatic encryption of files too. The solution I find is to run scheduled normal backup to grab the files, then run scheduled GPG command line to encrypt the ZIP file using a public key, so that no password is stored or entered. The encrypted ZIP can only be opened using a password-protected private key stored elsewhere. Well, may be this is overkill. Does this backup program run in the background with asking any password? I assume the password is entered once and stored (with encryption I hope) in your PC…

I am looking for automatic encryption of files too. The solution I find is to run scheduled normal backup to grab the files, then run scheduled GPG command line to encrypt the ZIP file using a public key, so that no password is stored or entered. The encrypted ZIP can only be opened using a password-protected private key stored elsewhere. Well, may be this is overkill.

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