Re: [PLUG] thoughts on Tarsnap?

["Aaron D. Segall" <aaron@si-ant.com>]

Thanks for the information.  I wanted to find a good off site backup 
software/service for myself and possibly for some of the businesses I 
provide IT services to. Tarsnap looked promising but I figured I'd ask 
around first. Given the good word and no horror stories, I will be 
giving it a try.

Thanks again,
Aaron.

On 01/08/2016 11:52 AM, Stephen R Guglielmo wrote:
> On January 7, 2016 10:34:06 PM EST, "Aaron D. Segall" <aaron@si-ant.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I wanted to know if anyone here has used Tarsnap, and if so, what you
> > though of it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Aaron.
> Aaron,
>
> I heard of Tarsnap several years ago. I was impressed when I read about it and made a note to remember it. I have yet to use it though (I haven't had a need).
>
> It uses deduplication so it can end up being cheap. I like the fact that it's a "pay for what you use" style.
>
> It's run/owned by a former FreeBSD security officer and the code for it is open source. He wrote a new key derivation function (scrypt) for Tarsnap.
>
> I'd definitely trust it and wouldn't hesitate to use it if I had a need for it.
>
> Steve
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