Hoosgot

http://rejon.org/2008/05/26/dear-lazyweb-need-simple-encrypted-backup-method-to-usb-on-linux/ asks Hoosgot,

Ok, the title pretty much says it all. Lu bought me a new 250 gb backup drive for locking down my backups while on the road (and I already have a halfway solution at home thanks to advice from readers). I’m curious what is the best option for syncing up my 80 gb thinkpad x61 to a partition on this drive, which can act as a daily backup, and be used in the event of something bad? I run gentoo on my computers currently, and want to just do more than just rsync to this drive in that I want the content encrypted. Please help me lazyweb! Another option is to pay for a service like mozy.com or carbonite, but …

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