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NickHark1
Mar 15, 2013Aspirant
Can I Rsync over the net?
I took my readynas NV+ to a remote private location and changed the backup from my LAN address to my DYNDNS account. It ran fine. I am backing up videos and music from my home theater system. I...
StephenB
Mar 29, 2013Guru - Experienced User
The risk is that someone else could intercept the data (both the files themselves and the log on credentials). Potentially allowing them to create their own rsync job to take all the data off your unit.
It might be worth benchmarking rsync over ssh. It will be slow, but it still might be higher than your internet uplink speed.
It might be worth benchmarking rsync over ssh. It will be slow, but it still might be higher than your internet uplink speed.
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