If your intent is to backup a remote computer's HDD A via SSH to a single file that's on your local computer's HDD, you could do one of the following. Examples

* run from remote computer

$ dd if=/dev/sda | gzip -1 - | ssh user@local dd of=image.gz

* run from local computer

$ ssh user@remote "dd if=/dev/sda | gzip -1 -" | dd of=image.gz

* from a webserver in armor format (mostly):

$ curl <https://example.com/key/repo-key.gpg> | gpg --dearmor > /usr/share/keyrings/<myrepository>-archive-keyring.gpg

* from a webserver not in armor:

$ wget -O /usr/share/keyrings/<myrepository-archive-keyring.gpg> <https://example.com/key/repo-key.gpg>

* from gpg key server:

$ gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/<myrepository>-archive-keyring.gpg --keyserver <hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80> --recv-keys <fingerprint>

* in /etc/apt/sources.list.d muss dann das signed-by:

deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/<myrepository>-archive-keyring.gpg] <https://repository.example.com/debian/ stable main>

$ find . -type d -empty -delete

$ echo "1" >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
$ iptables --table nat --append POSTROUTING --out-interface eth0 -j MASQUERADE
$ iptables --append FORWARD --in-interface eth1 -j ACCEPT

$ smartctl --all /dev/sda
$ smartctl -t long /dev/sda

' ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 48 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2 '

• Reallocated_Sector_Ct = wie viele Blöcke wurden durch Reseveblöcke ersetzt
• Current_Pending_Sector = verdächtige Sektoren

$ badblocks -s -v -v -n -c 262144 /dev/sda