Remote backup server: vsftpd/SSL or openssh/sftp or ?
 

Hi,

I want to build a secure backup server to be deployed in a remote location. (Let's assume for the moment the remote location is physically secure.) It looks like two options are:

1. vsftpd (or Pure-FTPd or some other FTP server) over SSL; or,
2. sftp or scp from OpenSSH.

Are there any other significantly better options I should know about?

Which option do you recommend and why? Is it more secure? Easier to set up and configure? More robust?

I am a total n00b, so I want to do a reality check on the basic concepts before I get started. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
krog

Remote backup server: vsftpd/SSL or openssh/sftp or... ?
 

Hi,

I want to build a secure backup server to be deployed in a remote location. (Let's assume for the moment the remote location is physically secure.) It looks like two options are:

1. vsftpd (or Pure-FTPd or some other FTP server) over SSL; or,
2. sftp or scp from OpenSSH.

Are there any other significantly better options I should know about?

Which option do you recommend and why? Is it more secure? Easier to set up and configure? More robust?

I am a total n00b, so I want to do a reality check on the basic concepts before I get started. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
krog

rsync
 

rsync over SSH looks pretty good.

NasBackup looks like an interesting solution, based on rsync.