From 7231315f083bb3cf83a267e62cf3357700a6d889 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Jonas=20Borgstr=C3=B6m?= Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 21:08:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: added to questions to the faq closes #64 --- docs/_themes/attic/static/attic.css_t | 2 +- docs/faq.rst | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/_themes/attic/static/attic.css_t b/docs/_themes/attic/static/attic.css_t index e68cf6d18..34bbd971c 100644 --- a/docs/_themes/attic/static/attic.css_t +++ b/docs/_themes/attic/static/attic.css_t @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ tt span.pre { font-size: 110%; } dt { - font-style: italic; + font-family: "Oswald"; font-size: 95%; } diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index f4fcd2dc6..e58184d78 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -32,3 +32,11 @@ How can I specify the encryption passphrase programmatically? automated encrypted backups. Another option is to use key file based encryption with a blank passphrase. See :ref:`encrypted_repos` for more details. + +When backing up to remote servers, is data encrypted before leaving the local machine, or do I have to trust that the remote server isn't malicious? + Yes, everything is encrypted before leaving the local machine. + +If a backup stops mid-way, does the already-backed-up data stay there? I.e. does Attic resume backups? + Yes, during a backup a special checkpoint archive named ``.snapshot`` is saved every 5 minutes + containing all the data backed-up until that point. This means that at most 5 minutes worth of data needs to be + retransmitted if a backup needs to be restarted.