Problems using SyncToy 2.1

ahpsi wrote:
if I understand properly SSH will protect observers from being able to make sense of what you are backing up as a packet grabber on the wire would only see encrypted data, correct?

Correct.

ahpsi wrote:
It is therefore important to use SSH when backing sensitive data up over the internet?

If you wish to ensure that sensitive data cannot be captured and read during transmission, you would need to use some sort of encryption, whether it be via SSH or some sort of VPN hardware.

ahpsi wrote:
Using a username and password - is this important? I understand only a user with the proper credentials would have the ability to read or write data to the share on the NVX however if I limit the hosts allowed access to the public facing IP of the DeltaCopy box wouldn't this also prevent anyone not on that network (using the same public facing IP address) from accessing the share?

This is the old belt & suspenders method of 'layered' security. The more layers you have in place, the harder it is to defeat. Someone might be able to spoof an IP, or guess a password, or steal an SSH key, but to get all 3 would take a miracle.

ahpsi wrote:
As an aside I find DeltaCopy > NVX over RSYNC a great solution for backing up friends and relatives data - at least until they get their own NAS and offsite backup worked out.

Now you need one of them to buy a NAS so that you can maintain an offsite copy of your data. 8)