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AMCRYPTSIMPLE(8) System Administration Commands AMCRYPTSIMPLE(8) NAME amcryptsimple - reference simple crypt program for Amanda symmetric data encryption SYNOPSIS amcryptsimple to be called by Amanda only DESCRIPTION amcryptsimple calls gpg to perform symmetric data encryption on Amanda backup. amcryptsimple will search for the gpg program in the following di- rectories: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin amcryptsimple uses one passphrase to encrypt the Amanda data and uses the same passphrase to decrypt the Amanda backup data. amcryptsimple uses AES256 as the symmetric cipher. HOW TO CREATE PASSPHRASE Store the passphrase inside the home-directory of the Amanda user ($amanda_user) and protect it with proper permissions: echo my_secret_passphrase > ~$amanda_user/.am_passphrase chown $amanda_user:disk ~$amanda_user/.am_passphrase chmod 700 ~$amanda_user/.am_passphrase NOTES Choose a good passphrase and protect it properly. Backup data can only be restored with the passphrase. There is no backdoor. If storing and securing passphrase in your environment presents challenges, Amanda provide public-key data encryption through amgpgcrypt. Public-key encryption uses the public key to encrypt and uses the private key to de- crypt. SEE ALSO amanda(8), amanda.conf(5), amcrypt(8), amgpgcrypt(8), amrestore(8), gpg(1) The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/ AUTHOR Kevin Till <kevin.till@zmanda.com> Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com) Amanda 3.5.1 12/01/2017 AMCRYPTSIMPLE(8)
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