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Creating
Secure Online Backups
Today,
many pc users are storing files on the Internet by using some
free online storage service. While these online locations can
easily be used to store backups as well, you should be very
careful when sending sensitive documents and emails across the
Internet. Since bandwidth and storage space is often limited,
you should also consider compressing the data before sending it
to a remote server.
Encryption
When transmitting private information across public networks
like the Internet, some kind of encryption is absolutely
critical. Because the internet consists of millions of computers
connected together by an incredibly amount of wire, satellite
and radio connections, there is no way of knowing who will be
listening to your datastreams as they are transmitted across the
network. The only way to ensure that no one will be able to
access your data is to encrypt the datastream before it leaves
your computer. Sometimes this is done by your browser using
secure connections, but to ensure that the data is always
encrypted your should encrypt the files yourself. WinBackup
allows you to encrypt backups using up to 256 bit AES
encryption, making it virtually impossible for anyone to access
the contents of your online backups. Since encryption is
performed on-the-fly backup operations will be performed quickly
and easily even when use strong encryption is used. To create an
online backup using WinBackup you simply select an appropriate
security level and start the backup. The result will be a single
compressed and encrypted file than can safely be transmitted to
your online backup location.
Compression
When sending backups across the Internet to an online location
compression is often necessary to reduce the size of the backup
file. Since online storage is often limited compression will
also allow you to backup more data without running out of
storage space. WinBackup features a fully multi-threaded
encryption and compression engine than encrypts and compresses
your files in parallel for maximum performance. Backups can
often be reduced by 50% or more using efficient compression and
some text documents and emails might be reduced by up to 90%.
This will allow you to transfer large backups even over a
relatively slow modem connection and will allow most users to
create online backups quickly and easily.
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