- log to /var/log. - blowfish - nice for client and server - DONE! Break rpm into client and server, pre and post as appropriate. - DONE! key generation and placement script. - DONE! key generation util. - DONE! take out max-deletes - DONE! Don't backup the existing tars in ~/.dontbackup into todays - DONE! break up the maintenance into daily snapshot creation and weekly freedups. - NOT Done: honor hardlinks across; man page says this is an expensive operation. - DONE! cron: min hour * * * /bin/nice /usr/bin/rsync-backup-client / root@backupservername:/