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Will there be any issue if an rclone crypt remote is selected to be the backend for restic? Is there any interaction between these two layers of encryption, or

by aborsy 5y ago

Will there be any issue if an rclone crypt remote is selected to be the backend for restic? Is there any interaction between these two layers of encryption, or are they completely independent?

IceWreck 5y ago
Not OP but why would you want to use rclone crypt with restic if restic already does the encryption for you.
- aborsy 5y ago
  There are sometimes vulnerabilities in software. For instance, popular rclone and tarsnap have had fatal vulnerabilities in the past. Also, I have a crypt set up for other stuff and rather deal with one remote. Otherwise, cascades encryption is generally not recommended.
  - saganus 5y ago
    Do you have any links about the tarsnap vulnerability? I've been using it for a few years and was not aware of it so would be great to know if any backups were affected.
    - cperciva 5y ago
      https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2011-01-18-tarsnap-critical-security-bug.html https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2011-01-18-tarsnap-critical... (2011)
      - saganus 5y ago
        Thanks Colin!
_h9mb 5y ago
I do something similar but using Borg (backup), gocryptfs (encryption) and rclone (sync) for cloud backup. No cascade.