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Cyphertite: 8 GB free encrypted backup with CLI client for Linux and Windows

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Re: Cyphertite: 8 GB free encrypted backup with CLI client for Linux and Windows

#11
There are a few reasons why many people would not (or should not) use Cyphertite:

* It's been such a long time in development and there's still no client for OS X. Building from source should be an option, not the only way, if this is ever meant for mass adoption.

* There's no information about accessing backup files from mobile devices.

* Most importantly, unless you have more than 100GB of data to backup, you're better off with the premium plan (enterprise segment) than the expensive personal plan where you would get a lot lesser in return.[1] I had pointed this out to them a year or two ago, but there's been no change and this structure does not make sense for the section of home users who may have only a few tens of GBs to backup.

[1]: https://www.cyphertite.com/plans.php

Re: Cyphertite: 8 GB free encrypted backup with CLI client for Linux and Windows

#12
post #5

Oh, these are the guys that are confused about XTS mode[1], thinking it was designed for protecting "bulk data". See my wonderful exchange with them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cyphertite/status/450616668126203904 https://twitter.com/Cyphertite/status/450616106001399808 which ended up with them calling me "some jerk on twitter who has nothing better to do than talk shit". https://twitter.com/Cyphertite/status/450…

Yikes. If you're going to accuse everyone around you of being snakeoil salesmen, you probably shouldn't defend the fidelity of your own stuff by insulting the skeptics.

Re: Cyphertite: 8 GB free encrypted backup with CLI client for Linux and Windows

#13
post #5

Oh, these are the guys that are confused about XTS mode[1], thinking it was designed for protecting "bulk data". See my wonderful exchange with them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cyphertite/status/450616668126203904 https://twitter.com/Cyphertite/status/450616106001399808 which ended up with them calling me "some jerk on twitter who has nothing better to do than talk shit". https://twitter.com/Cyphertite/status/450…

Yikes. If you're going to accuse everyone around you of being snakeoil salesmen, you probably shouldn't defend the fidelity of your own stuff by insulting the skeptics.

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Re: Cyphertite: 8 GB free encrypted backup with CLI client for Linux and Windows

#15
post #14

More technical links for those interested: https://opensource.conformal.com/wiki/cyphertite https://github.com/conformal/cyphertite

The github.com/conformal account shows a lot of Bitcoin projects, I wonder why they don't accept Bitcoin.

Re: Cyphertite: 8 GB free encrypted backup with CLI client for Linux and Windows

#16
post #5

Oh, these are the guys that are confused about XTS mode[1], thinking it was designed for protecting "bulk data". See my wonderful exchange with them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cyphertite/status/450616668126203904 https://twitter.com/Cyphertite/status/450616106001399808 which ended up with them calling me "some jerk on twitter who has nothing better to do than talk shit". https://twitter.com/Cyphertite/status/450…

I keep seeing this in your blog post: "Attackers could [rewrite] /bin/ls into a bindshell." What does that mean? And how is it related to disk encryption?

You'd be essentially wilfully ignoring a massive security hole which would allow complete "pwnage" of the box.

Re: Cyphertite: 8 GB free encrypted backup with CLI client for Linux and Windows

#17
post #14

More technical links for those interested: https://opensource.conformal.com/wiki/cyphertite https://github.com/conformal/cyphertite

Also a good tutorial with examples: [Getting Started with Cyphertite Remote Backup](http://blog.calyptix.com/2012/04/getting-started-with-cypher...)
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