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Zmanda: Amanda 2.5–A Major New Release of the Open Source Backup Software

[ Thanks to Ken Sims
for this link. ]

“On March 23rd, 2006, the Amanda team released a major version
(2.5) of the software. Overall the focus of the release is on
security of the backup process & backed up data, scalability of
the backup process and ease of installation & configuration of
Amanda.

“Recently security of the backup process has been a hotly
discussed topic. Encryption of data across the network as well as
while being stored on backup media is critical for privacy concerns
and compliance requirements. New security features in Amanda 2.5
help administrators to address these issues…”

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