On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:04:34PM -0500, John Jackson wrote:
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> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 03:48:25PM +1300, Paul M wrote:
> > I'm looking for a way to encrypy backup files for secure storage.
> > 
> > Gpg is an obvious candidate, but I'm wondering if there's anything in 
> > base, perhaps a creative use of ssh or some other tool, though not 
> > something liable to break, obviously.
> > 
> > Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
> > 
> > paulm
> > 
> 
> Assuming you have a public key for 'user@host.com' and corresponding
> private key to decrypt.  Use this as a 'quick and dirty' example.  
> Openssl can probably be substituted for gpg.
> 

Forgot the trailing double-quote below.

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> cd / && sudo tar cf - $(find . -maxdepth 1 !  -name './tmp' ! -name '.') 2>/dev/null | gpg -r user@host.com | ssh somehost "dd of=/space/obsd-kvm.`date +%`"