DSL Ideas and Suggestions :: backup on the web

i saw this today.
and i now wonder if there's a way to use a similar concept in DSL :
to put the backup file on a distant ftp space, and to be able to restore it from there upon booting ?
is it allready possible ? if so, how ?
and if not, what do you think about it ?
for my part, i think that would be usefull, but i would like this system to use a personal ftp space, not a public one.

I suppose it's not much different than the current backup system, only it uses ftp instead of a local drive. Doesn't seem like it would take a terrible amount of effort to implement.

I actually implemented this around 09/04 which be around 0.8. series. When I released it to testing, the feedback I got was that it do not work with MS ftp servers. It worked fine with unix ftp servers. So, I guess, again, MS pollutes internet standards. I did not release it. It does use encryption to protect the backup file. It was small enough to be included in the base iso. Another thing that I found frustrating is that most ISP give you a small ftp or personal webspace, versus, a very large email space.

Quote (roberts @ April 05 2005,13:00)

...most ISP give you a small ftp or personal webspace, versus, a very large email space.

I don't suppose there would be a way of being able to extract data from a gmail account? ie., your backup is emailed as an attachment to your account in a very specific format (title, sender etc), then to restore backup it searches your gmail account for this data and loads it?
Maybe that way too you don't need to worry about specifying which server you were using (ie. if there wasn't a centralised DSL settings server), all you have to do is enter your gmail address and password?

There is a project to manipulate files that are stored in gmail messages.

I believe that it is called gmailfs and it allows you to "mount" your gmail mailbox as it if was a disk drive.

But my guess is this project requires a kernel recompile and will be hard to keep up and running if Google decides to change their e-mail interface one day.

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