Offsite backups for the rest of us?

[Dave Bour]

No.  Most media melts long before paper burns.  There are media boxes
which are far pricier than typical safes. 




Dave Bour
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of John
Vetterli
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 1:06 AM
To: Toronto Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Offsite backups for the rest of us?

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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