[brlug-general] encrypted remote filesystem project

[Joey Kelly]

Guys,

I have a project I'm working on that goes something like this:

I want to rsync my backups somewhere off-site before the next monster 
hurricane kills us all. I do this all the time at several locations in and 
around floody new Orleans, but I need something out-of-state. I'd like to use 
some-random-webhost-company.com for off-site storage, since they're cheap. 
The problem is, I don't want my data to be human-readable on their 
easily-cracked server.

Here's my ideal solution: I can ssh to the web host's server, no problem. I 
can also mount the server's filesystem via some tool like fish. I want to be 
able to rsync my stuff over to their server, but I want the files I place 
there to be encrypted, let's say with GPG. I want some tool running on my 
desktop here at home to transparently encrypt the files as they are being 
placed on the remote server. I also want rsync to be able to look into the 
encrypted files and see only the unencrypted versions, so that rsync will 
work properly. In other words, I don't want rsync to know anything about the 
fact that those files are encrypted on the remote server.

Thoughts?

-- 
Joey Kelly
< Minister of the Gospel | Linux Consultant >
http://joeykelly.net

How many spyware pop-ups did you get on your Windows computer today?
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