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rsyncrypto.sh
# Generate your backup private key and certificate
openssl req -nodes -newkey rsa:1536 -x509 -keyout backup.key -out backup.crt
# Encrypt your data to a temporary folder
rsyncrypto --verbose --ne-nesting=2 --trim=2 --name-encrypt=/tmp/rsyncrypto-map --delete-keys --changed --recurse /home/cristian/Dropbox/ /tmp/Dropbox/ /tmp/rsyncrypto-keys ~/Dropbox/backups/laptop/crypto/rsyncrypto/backup.crt
# Send it over the network
rsync --verbose --archive --compress --delete /tmp/Dropbox/ pi:~/backups/laptop
# Decryption time!
# First, generate the mapping file
rsyncrypto --decrypt /tmp/Dropbox/filemap ~/Desktop/Dropbox/filemap ~/Desktop/Dropbox/filemap-keys ~/Dropbox/backups/laptop/crypto/rsyncrypto/backup.key
# and finally decrypt away placing files under ~/Desktop/Dropbox/files
rsyncrypto --trim=2 --name-encrypt=/home/cristian/Desktop/Dropbox/filemap --verbose --recurse --decrypt /tmp/Dropbox ~/Desktop/Dropbox/files ~/Desktop/Dropbox/keys ~/Dropbox/backups/laptop/crypto/rsyncrypto/backup.key
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