Hi Gary,

You are missing the fact that all data sent offsite is encrypted by the
local machine before transfer. It cannot be read by sniffers or by anyone at
the remote location.
The only downside to that is if you lose your encryption key, you lose your
backups. There is no recovery from a lost encryption key.

While I recommend against encrypting files stored locally for all except
advanced users, I *insist* on file encryption for any data stored offsite
regardless of the user's skill level. This includes data stored to cd/dvd
and taken home at night.

--
Larry Samuels Associate Expert
MS-MVP (2001-2005)
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
Expert Zone- www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"Gary Walker" <twf@swbell.net> wrote in message
news:9Ua1h.24845$7I1.8306@newssvr27.news.prodigy.n et...
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> Perhaps this is not an issue with you, or it's in some way
> circumvented to your satisfaction, but I would never
> send sensitive financial data offsite via an ip connection.
>
> What am I missing here?
>
>
> Gary
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> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:Or4P%23B7%23GHA.3256@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Off site backups can be very handy for small business operations. I
>> have a customer who uses Backup Solutions. Just recently, we had
>> a QuickBooks data file issue. We pulled the latest backup from their
>> system and was back on line in a just a few minutes. Costs less than
>> $40 per month for 6 Gigabytes of storage.
>>
>> "Larry Samuels" <larry@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:OLRCD56%23GHA.4356@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi Bruce,
>>>
>>> On the contrary--there are quite a few reputable online backup services
>>> and I recommend them to my business clients for offsite storage.
>>>
>>> PS--any reputable company uses customer-controlled encryption and the
>>> files are encrypted before transfer. They couldn't read the encrypted
>>> data on their servers if they wanted to.
>>>
>>> PPS--none of the companies I would trust are free <G>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Larry Samuels Associate Expert
>>> MS-MVP (2001-2005)
>>> Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
>>> http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
>>> Expert Zone- www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>> "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message
>>> news:OcVA6u6%23GHA.1224@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> Sukhoi47 wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am using Mozy and I recommend as a professional and free online
>>>>> backup.
>>>>
>>>> In these times of rampant identity theft, what kind of an idiot would
>>>> trust the personal data to an on-line "storage" service? That'd just
>>>> be begging for trouble.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Bruce Chambers
>>>>
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>>>>
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