Re: [Gnu-arch-users] oh the heck with it -- tla-1.2pre0

[James Blackwell]

In lists.arch.users, you wrote:
>
> On Dec 30, 2003, at 11:11, Karl Waclawek wrote:
>
>> Also, what would this achieve that you cannot do
>> with a secure access protocol?
>
>       Encrypted storage.  I.e. I could replicate my archive to a location 
> that could mirror it for me offsite (I do this with a machine at my 
> office) without anyone being able to see the contents of the archive in 
> transit or on the system.

My vote on this one is no.

Encrypted storage is antithetical to arch's intended purpose. Arch
exists to solve the problems of distributed source code revision
systems, not to operate as a secure remote backup utility.


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