Offsite backups for the rest of us?

[John Vetterli]

Just wondering: would keeping CDs and DVDs in a fireproof strongbox keep 
your data safe and readable if there was a major fire?

JV

On Mon, 11 Apr 2005, Walter Dnes wrote:

>  I'm not a company, or a consultant, just a guy with a computer.
> Approx 12:35 AM, very early Saturday morning, the fire alarm went off in
> the condo building I live in.  It turned out to be a hypersensitive
> smoke detecter that detected someone smoking (duhhh), so no damage
> except for some lost sleep.
>
>  I did grab my latest backup CD on the way out the door, but the
> incident made me think.  I have my /etc and home directories backed up
> on CD.  However, I also have a few gigs of personal stuff, e.g. scans of
> photos of my late parents etc, that I'd be very unhappy about losing.  I
> realized that if the place burned down, especially while I was at work,
> I would lose everything, including the backups.
>
>  So my question is, where can I find secure offsite storage for several
> gigs of my stuff.  Also, while there's nothing illegal in my personal
> files (I.e. no child porn or plans to blow up airplanes or whatever) it
> is personal, and I'd prefer to keep it private.  Is GPG still secure, or
> can an overclocked AMD crack it in a few days?  I assume that
> CSIS/RCMP/CIA will be able to crack it (by torturing the passphrase out
> of me if need be<g>).  I'm more concerned about the people like the
> crowd on this list (sorry about that) being able to crack GPG.
>
>  CDs and DVDs are too big for my safety deposit box.  Some low-end
> hosting outfit where I can rent a machine would work, but it sounds like
> overkill.  I'm looking at uploading a few gigs the first month, and then
> approx 250 megs (volatile stuff) twice a month.  Anybody have any other
> ideas?
>
> -- 
> Walter Dnes <waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org>
> An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will
> eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure,
> and has a lower TCO, than linux.
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