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I have a Synology device (exact same model as the article author actually, and likewise I love it). However I'm having trouble finding a way to back it up secu
by MattJ100 13y ago
I have a Synology device (exact same model as the article author actually, and likewise I love it).
However I'm having trouble finding a way to back it up securely. The built-in backup methods don't seem to account for encrypting the backups (even if the volume is encrypted). Any suggestions?
- ansible 13y agoHowever I'm having trouble finding a way to back it up securely. The built-in backup methods don't seem to account for encrypting the backups (even if the volume is encrypted). Any suggestions? Two suggestions: A) Download the source [1], and see if it is complete and then you can port in cryptsetup and the LUKS stuff from Linux. B) Run Linux. If you're at the point where you're worried about encrypted backups, then you should probably be running some form of Linux instead. You can get a small form factor PC that includes the motherboard and processor for not much more than the Synology box. That'll give you a lot more options for software and services too. We're using this for all the offsite backup drives, and it wasn't too hard to get going. If you (or anyone reading this) can't figure out cryptsetup, just PM me and I'll help you out. [1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/dsgpl/files/?source=navbar http://sourceforge.net/projects/dsgpl/files/?source=navbar
- MattJ100 13y agoActually the Diskstation runs Linux already, and I have full SSH access to it. It uses ecryptfs already, and I love the thing. I am glad I chose it over building my own (and that's not something I expected to be saying before I bought it). My question was purely about backing it up securely. I'm guessing rsync'ing the encrypted volume is the answer, just need time to look into it.