From d9f365d79fc38955730492a35e97f27e19375e54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dylan Whyte Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 11:58:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Introduction: reword & link to encryption section Add link from encryption sentence in "What is Proxmox Backup Server?" to the Encryption section of the docs. Also, reword the sentence. V2: Clarify that encryption takes place on the client side Signed-off-by: Dylan Whyte --- docs/backup-client.rst | 2 ++ docs/introduction.rst | 10 ++++++---- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/backup-client.rst b/docs/backup-client.rst index 946f3803..7270a37e 100644 --- a/docs/backup-client.rst +++ b/docs/backup-client.rst @@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ Restoring this backup will result in: . .. file2 +.. _encryption: + Encryption ---------- diff --git a/docs/introduction.rst b/docs/introduction.rst index e28331a3..142db8d5 100644 --- a/docs/introduction.rst +++ b/docs/introduction.rst @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Introduction ============ -What is Proxmox Backup Server +What is Proxmox Backup Server? ----------------------------- Proxmox Backup Server is an enterprise-class, client-server backup software @@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ physical hosts. It is specially optimized for the `Proxmox Virtual Environment`_ platform and allows you to back up your data securely, even between remote sites, providing easy management with a web-based user interface. -Proxmox Backup Server supports deduplication, compression, and authenticated +It supports deduplication, compression, and authenticated encryption (AE_). Using :term:`Rust` as the implementation language guarantees high performance, low resource usage, and a safe, high-quality codebase. -It features strong client-side encryption. Thus, it's possible to -backup data to targets that are not fully trusted. +Proxmox Backup uses state of the art cryptography for client communication and +backup content :ref:`encryption `. Encryption is done on the +client side, making it safer to back up data to targets that are not fully +trusted. Architecture -- 2.39.5