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Encrypted backup

Bayel - August 24, 2009 - 10:11am

Hello. I use the portable apps at work, so the documents i have into the drive are confidential.

I have seen that the backup aplication uses 7zip to compress the backup folder. 7zip has an option to encrypt the compressed file by a password. The bakcup application could be inproved by giving the option to encrypt the backup file.

‹ Running a batch script when portable apps is started Vuze portable app launcher, almost done,config file help needed plz ›

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digitxp (Homepage) - August 30, 2009 - 12:42pm

I'm not sure they can easily be used for backup, but perhaps you could back up your files into a TrueCrypt or FreeOTFE vault using the integrated backup utility. Otherwise I would recommend that you either encrypt it manually or spend a bit of time reading the Toucan (or the 7-zip) documentation to make a batch file that does this automatically.
BTW, I think the built-in backup util. Is kinda like what Apple does with its software: put in as few options as possible to make the experience as seamless and not-annoying as possible.
Good luck with that!

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