| > | | | | for anyone to access the contents of your online |
| Today, many pc users are storing files on the Internet | | | | backups. Since encryption is performed on-the-fly |
| by using some free online storage service. While these | | | | backup operations will be performed quickly and easily |
| online locations can easily be used to store backups | | | | even when use strong encryption is used. To create |
| as well, you should be very careful when sending | | | | an online backup using WinBackup you simply select |
| sensitive documents and emails across the Internet. | | | | an appropriate security level and start the backup. The |
| Since bandwidth and storage space is often limited, | | | | result will be a single compressed and encrypted file |
| you should also consider compressing the data before | | | | than can safely be transmitted to your online backup |
| sending it to a remote server. | | | | location. |
| Encryption | | | | Compression |
| When transmitting private information across public | | | | When sending backups across the Internet to an online |
| networks like the Internet, some kind of encryption is | | | | location compression is often necessary to reduce the |
| absolutely critical. Because the internet consists of | | | | size of the backup file. Since online storage is often |
| millions of computers connected together by an | | | | limited compression will also allow you to backup more |
| incredibly amount of wire, satellite and radio | | | | data without running out of storage space. WinBackup |
| connections, there is no way of knowing who will be | | | | features a fully multi-threaded encryption and |
| listening to your datastreams as they are transmitted | | | | compression engine than encrypts and compresses |
| across the network. The only way to ensure that no | | | | your files in parallel for maximum performance. |
| one will be able to access your data is to encrypt the | | | | Backups can often be reduced by 50% or more using |
| datastream before it leaves your computer. | | | | efficient compression and some text documents and |
| Sometimes this is done by your browser using secure | | | | emails might be reduced by up to 90%. This will allow |
| connections, but to ensure that the data is always | | | | you to transfer large backups even over a relatively |
| encrypted your should encrypt the files yourself. | | | | slow modem connection and will allow most users to |
| WinBackup allows you to encrypt backups using up to | | | | create online backups quickly and easily. |
| 256 bit AES encryption, making it virtually impossible | | | | |