[brlug-general] [Nolug] encrypted remote filesystem project

[Dustin Puryear]

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Joey Kelly wrote:
> 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?
>