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 <d.whyte@proxmox.com>
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Dylan Whyte 2020-10-15 11:58:42 +02:00 committed by Dietmar Maurer
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.. _encryption:
Encryption
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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>`. Encryption is done on the
client side, making it safer to back up data to targets that are not fully
trusted.
Architecture