[wplug-internet] Backups

[Duncan Hutty]

Michael Semcheski wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Bill Moran<wmoran at potentialtech.com> wrote:
>>> 1) Completely lay out the setup and configuration of the current
>>> instance, and then backup the data that changes (using rsync) to
>>> personal machines or to another cloud (e.g. s3).
> 
>> If you decide to got this way, I volunteer my PC + inet connection.  I
>> have 10mb/sec FIOS, and an 80G HDD that isn't even formatted because I
>> don't need the space.
> 
> One thing that complicates this - there is data on the server that
> isn't appropriate to have on Bill's PC (not because of anything
> personal I have against Bill.)  The stuff in /home/board isn't on the
> wiki for a reason.
> 

This is surely not too difficult. Encrypt the data before you send it to 
Bill's machine with a key that only board members have. Change the key 
every time the board changes (Changing keys occasionally is a good idea 
anyway).