[Box Backup] setting up the server and client

[scartomail]

Hi,

That completly anwser my question.
I will check out the wizzard, I had not found that funtionality in there.
Thans again!

Rgds Edo 

--- On Mon, 8/10/09, Achim <achim+box at qustodium.net> wrote:

> From: Achim <achim+box at qustodium.net>
> Subject: Re: [Box Backup] setting up the server and client
> To: boxbackup at boxbackup.org
> Date: Monday, August 10, 2009, 10:48 AM
> Hello Edo:
> 
> On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:54:11 -0700 (PDT), scartomail <scartomail at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > But if you have a windows client it is a bit hard to
> produce those files.
> > The client GUI Boxi does require those files to
> opperate.
> > In this case the files must be created on the server.
> > Is this assumtion correct?
> 
> Actually, Boxi's Setup Wizard is intended to make the
> process a lot
> simpler: have a look at it!
> 
> It will create a private key and a certificate request
> (CSR) for you. You
> then send that CSR file (NOT the private key) to the server
> and sign the
> request, resulting in a PEM file. You now have to transfer
> that PEM file
> and a file called serverCA.pem back to the client (search
> the howto for
> those names).
> 
> With all those ingredients (private key and CSR produced on
> client, PEM and
> serverCA.pem produced on server) you can then create the
> encryption key in
> the Setup Wizard, resulting in a FileEncKeys.raw file that
> you need to back
> up: if you lose that file, you lose all your backed up
> data.
> 
> Hope that helps, Achim
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