Re: Can NetBSD cgd be used for encrypted backup?

[Mayuresh <mayuresh%acm.org@localhost>]

On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 06:12:58PM +0200, Martin Husemann wrote:
> I have used cgd for remote encrypted backups in the past:
> 
>  - remote offers a "partition" as iscsi device

Not over network, such as cloud backup, right?

encfs/cryfs like approach shows the encrypted directory which can be
backed up over network easily, due to incremental nature of rsync.

I understand, something like that won't be possible with cgd.

Mayuresh.