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Encrypt tar.gz file on create

I have a script which creates a nightly backup of several directories. It is created using tar -czf, and the destination tar.gz file path is on a mounted network directory. The resulting file is ...
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tar: Backing up an encrypted /home folder?

After some trial and error, I've managed to backup my Ubuntu 10.04 workstation and it's time for my Laptop. It also runs 10.04, but has an encrypted /home folder. Running the below snippet as root ...
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Tar Error: implausibly old time stamp 1970-01-01 00:00:00

My home directory is encrypted and I want to remove the encryption. I have performed the following actions and the problem occurs at step 4: Backed up (encrypted) home folder to /var/backup using ...