[Wlug] Truecrypt and Backups

[John Stoffel]

Mike> A) I was curious if anyone is or has use(d) the truecrypt file
Mike> system (truecrypt.org). If so do you have any recommendations or
Mike> possible alternatives. I am thinking of using truecrypt for a
Mike> partition on a USB thumb drive.

I'm using it on a pair of thumbdrives on a laptop running WinXP.
Haven't actually set it up under Linux yet.  This was mostly to keep
personal data private.

So far, I've been happy with it, though I admit I don't use it all
that much really.  Mostly when travelling really.

Mike> B) Backups -- Giving finite resources/knowledge what software do
Mike> people use to do full backups? Simple is better. And drive
Mike> images are an option.  I'm actually proxying this question for
Mike> someone not on this list.

I find bacula to be pretty good for this.  It will do DVDs, disks,
tape as the backup media.  It will even build rescue disks for system
restores as well. Though that needs more testing.

http://www.bacula.org