The Raven's Mutterings Wherein Carl Cravens talks about geeky stuff

21Oct/07

Peer backup network?

So my earlier post about looking for a backup service attracted an ad. Can't exactly blame them, since I was more or less asking for tips, but I think posting anonymously was kind of cheesy.

But anyway... I went to get them a look just to see what they were about. DO NOT WANT!

Zoogmo is a peer-to-peer backup network... my data gets stored on your computer. Under massive encryption, of course, so no one else can access it. And I choose who I back up to... friends, family and colleagues presumably, and I can back up redundantly. But there's just something weird about backing up my data to machines that are not in a controlled environment. I'm wondering, when the emergency occurs and I need all my data back, how much trouble is it going to be?

(Of course, it's Windows-only, I need a traditional ssh/rsync based Linux solution. So even if it didn't give me the heebie-jeebies, I couldn't use it.)

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