X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fxml-source%2Famcryptsimple.8.xml;h=f18797930e64648ed54b5c0cfd9249733ed8defa;hb=691567b16c13087b31ee4c2b6d038e57872fae82;hp=29151e15b96ac88de34e49033d3de07ff40fcbc2;hpb=6ba576375c19b829b2a13dbe6562eedd2716b9ea;p=debian%2Famanda diff --git a/man/xml-source/amcryptsimple.8.xml b/man/xml-source/amcryptsimple.8.xml index 29151e1..f187979 100644 --- a/man/xml-source/amcryptsimple.8.xml +++ b/man/xml-source/amcryptsimple.8.xml @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" [ - + %global_entities; ]> @@ -11,62 +11,61 @@ amcryptsimple 8 +&rmi.source; +&rmi.version; +&rmi.manual.8; amcryptsimple -reference simple crypt program for &A; symmetric data encryption +reference simple crypt program for Amanda symmetric data encryption + +&author.ktill; + - amcryptsimple to be called by &A; only + amcryptsimple to be called by Amanda only DESCRIPTION &amcryptsimple; calls gpg to perform symmetric data encryption -on &A; backup. +on Amanda backup. &amcryptsimple; will search for the gpg program in the following directories: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin -&amcryptsimple; uses one passphrase to encrypt the &A; data -and uses the same passphrase to decrypt the &A; backup data. &amcryptsimple; uses +&amcryptsimple; uses one passphrase to encrypt the Amanda data +and uses the same passphrase to decrypt the Amanda backup data. &amcryptsimple; uses AES256 as the symmetric cipher. How to Create Passphrase -Store the passphrase inside the home-directory of the AMANDA-user($amanda_user) and protect it with proper permissions: - - echo my_secret_passphrase > ~$amanda_user/.am_passphrase - chown $amanda_user:disk ~$amanda_user/.am_passphrase - chmod 700 ~$amanda_user/.am_passphrase +Store the passphrase inside the home-directory of the Amanda user ($amanda_user) and protect it with proper permissions: + +echo my_secret_passphrase > ~$amanda_user/.am_passphrase +chown $amanda_user:disk ~$amanda_user/.am_passphrase +chmod 700 ~$amanda_user/.am_passphrase + NOTES Choose a good passphrase and protect it properly. Backup data can only be restored with the passphrase. There is no backdoor. If storing and securing passphrase in your environment presents challenges, -&A; provide public-key data encryption through &amgpgcrypt;. Public-key +Amanda provide public-key data encryption through &amgpgcrypt;. Public-key encryption uses the public key to encrypt and uses the private key to decrypt. -AUTHOR - - The tool and its documentation was written by Zmanda, Inc (http://www.zmanda.com/). - - + +, +, +, +, + + -SEE ALSO -amanda8, -amanda.conf5, -amcrypt8, -amgpgcrypt8, -amrestore8, -gpg1, - - -