Christopher Greaves

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Encryption And Off-site Backup Storage (Home) ; Overview ; The Problem ; The Essence Of The Solution ; How Long Does It Take To Do A Backup? ; Assumptions ; Breakdown Of Tasks ; The Stand-Alone Solution ; The Networked Solution ; Let’s Get Started ; Mounting The Backup Drive ; Mounting An Encrypted Drive ; Waiting For The Backup Drive ; Processing Each Local Drive ; RoboCopy New And Later Files ; RoboCopy Parameter Files ; Append Session Details To A Log File ; Shutting Down the Computer ; Review For Local Systems ; Putting Together The Local Backup System ; SUBSTituting A Drive For A Folder ; Assembling The Batch File ; ( TITLE commands ); Running The Backup Batch File ; Examining Our Results ; Waiting For A Set Of Drives ; Issue the Backup Command To A Set Of Drives ; Modifying The Driving Batch File ; What About The Log File? ; The Upgraded Set Of Batch Files ; Encryption of backup data ; What Is Involved In Encrypting A Backup Device? ; ( Advice On Passwords ); What Is Involved In Mounting An Encrypted Device? ; User Mounted Or Automated? ; Using A DOS Batch File To Facilitate Mounting ; Using A DOS Batch File To Facilitate Dismounts ; Making The External Drives Available Across The Network ; Mounting A Shared Drive For Sharing ; Installing On A Networked Computer ; Running On The Big Beige Box ; An Improved Method Of Waiting ; Shutdown Or Restart? ; At Long Last! A Working Version! ; The Backup.BAT file ; The Mount.BAT file ; The ProcessDrive.BAT file ; The Shutdown.BAT File ; The Encryption Process

Toronto and Mississauga, Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:43 PM

User Mounted Or Automated?

I’m not in favor of using TrueCrypt's facilities for automated mounting. My client’s data is important enough to have me key in the passwords by hand each day.

For this reason (please see Advice On Passwords .) you’ll want to have passwords that are easy for you and your staff to remember, but not obvious to any outside with direct knowledge of your firm.

For example, if you had me come in to do the installation, do NOT use “ChrisGreaves” as a password.

If you installed the encrypted drive the day the office cat had seven kittens, “birthat12noon” might serve as one password, and “findhomesfor6” as another. have some fun over this one.

Every responsible staff member should know the passwords, because any responsible staff member should be able to start a backup sequence of each and every machine, and as well should be able to direct a technician towards recovery of data from an encrypted drive. Don’t get paranoid on me.

That said, there’s nothing wrong with ....

Using A DOS Batch File To Facilitate Mounting

Toronto and Mississauga, Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:43 PM