Using Box Backup, an open source, completely automatic on-line backup system, all files are backed up to our secure hosting facilities in the UK. When you sign up for an account we provide with a ./run file that contains everything you need to start backing up your data. The install takes less than 2 minutes.

Backup Automatically

A small daemon the boxbackup-client runs in the background and automatically backs up your data. Remotebackupzone use the "Lazy" mode of operation. This mode regularly scans the files, with only a rough schedule. It uploads files as and when they are changed, if the latest version is more than a set age. You also have the option of using "snapshot" mode which allows you to choose when you want to backup your data

Backup Online

If you are online then your files are being backed up. Boxbackup can backup your Servers, Laptops, PC's, or Virtualisation boxes. If boxbackup can compile on it and you are online you can be backing up your data securely in minutes.

Backup Automatically

A small daemon the boxbackup-client runs in the background and automatically backs up your data. Remotebackupzone use the "Lazy" mode of operation. This mode regularly scans the files, with only a rough schedule. It uploads files as and when they are changed, if the latest version is more than a set age. You also have the option of using "snapshot" mode which allows you to choose when you want to backup your data

Backup Online

If you are online then your files are being backed up. Boxbackup can backup your Servers, Laptops, PC's, or Virtualisation boxes. If boxbackup can compile on it and you are online you can be backing up your data securely in minutes.

How Restoration Works

The client is easy to set up and run.The command line tool bbackpquery is available with all installs, but in addition there is a gui tool written by us and web tool bbexplorer that will work on most systems. Giving you the flexibility to choose how you want to access and restore your data.

How Secure

Remote backup zone employees can not read your files because the key used for encryption is created on your machine either by our script or for the paranoid we support you creating all keys manually. As the user you need to backup a small key which in the event of a disaster is used to restore your data. In such an event we can provide you our gpg key and can help with restoration but this is only required if you need to receive your data on alternative data such as USB.

To quote boxbackup.org:

The files, directories, file names and file attributes are all encrypted. By examining the stored files on the server, it is only possible to determine the approximate sizes of a files and the tree structure of the disc (not names, just number of files and subdirectories in a directory). By monitoring the actions performed by a client, it is possible to determine the frequency and approximate scope of changes to files and directories.

The connections between the server and client are encrypted using TLS (latest version of SSL). Traffic analysis is possible to some degree, but limited in usefulness.

An attacker will not be able to recover the backed up data without the encryption keys. Of course, you won't be able to recover your files without the keys either, so you must make a conventional, secure, backup of these keys.

SSL certificates are used to authenticate clients. UNIX user accounts are not used to minimise the dependence on the configuration of the operating system hosting the server.