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EncFS is a Free (GPL) FUSE-based cryptographic filesystem that transparently encrypts files, using an arbitrary directory as storage for the encrypted files.

Two directories are involved in mounting an EncFS filesystem: the source directory, and the mountpoint. Each file in the mountpoint has a specific file in the source directory that corresponds to it. The file in the mountpoint provides the unencrypted view of the one in the source directory. Filenames are encrypted in the source directory.

Files are encrypted using a volume key, which is stored encrypted in the source directory. A password is used to decrypt this key.

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EncFs insecure, what to use now

I love encfs as it provides file-based encrypting which is quite useful when it comes to cloud storage. But it looks like that especially for this use case, encfs is considered to be insecure. I'm aware that encfs 2 is in development but how to deal…
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Filesystem that gives an encrypted view of a directory—the inverse of EncFS

Currently I'm using EncFS to encrypt my directory "confidential" to ".encconfidential" and sync that encrypted directory using an online service (e.g. Dropbox, UbuntuOne etc). However my entire disk is already LUKS encrypted, so the double…
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Is there a way to test if I will be able to login again?

I messed up with my files... Again... Now I am concerned if I will be able to login again once I logout. Is there a way to test if the essentials files are all there? My home was encrypted during the installation (Ubuntu 12.04). By login I mean…
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Not allowed to delete a encfs-encrypted empty folder

I have an encfs-encrypted folder and just cut the content of a subfolder of it and pasted it into another folder outside the encfs-encrypted one. While doing that, I got an error message, saying that one subfolder couldn't be deleted because it is…
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Why are cryfs encrypted file sizes too big?

I encrypted a 1GB folder using Cryfs and the encrypted folder appeared to be 6 times larger than the original folder? I know encrypted files are always larger than the original files, but 6 times?!? Is it a bug causing this or is it normal for CryFs…
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What's the status of encfs?

Is the encfs project no longer maintained? It seems the last update 1.7.4 was released on November 18 2010. In a security audit several weaknesses have been identified, but no updates have since been issued. Should encfs still be used? if not, why…
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remove folders from encfs control

I have encrypted a few folders with encfs. I no longer want to do so; I want these folders unencrypted as before. How do I remove the folders from encfs control? Thx
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encfs segfault in version 22.04

I upgraded to 22.04 and now encfs segfaults when I try to mount my encrypted directory (which had been in use for many years now)
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Cryptkeeper removed from Ubuntu 18.04

I had installed Cryptkeeper in Ubuntu 16.04 lts. I have upgraded Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04. After I upgraded to Ubuntu 18.04 , I completely lost my file which were encrypted through Cryptkeeper in Ubuntu 16.04. There are only folders where I kept my…
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Accidentally moved encfs encrypted directory, can't decrypt

I accidentally moved an encfs-encrypted directory. I moved it back once I realized my mistake, but now whenever I try to decrypt it normally, with the same command that worked before: encfs ~/.stuff-encrypted ~/.stuff It now gives me the prompts as…
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mount encfs over nfs?

I am trying to mount a nas drive in ubuntu 16.04, then create an encfs mount from that for uploading the encrypted contents to the cloud. /mnt/nas #decrypted (NFS mount from the NAS) /mnt/.nas #encrypted (encrypted on local file system using…
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How to encrypt folders on my NAS with Cryptkeeper?

I use EncFS with Cryptkeeper to manage my encrypted folders (containing personal data files, bank, scans ...). I would like to encrypt a folder on my NAS Synology but even when I have my NAS folder mounted on Ubuntu I cannot create an encrypted…
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encfs home directory: ssh access dismount after a while

I've setup an encrypted homedir according to this EncryptedHomeDirectoryHowto. To gain ssh access I've added auth required pam_encfs.so to /etc/pam.d/sshd $ cat /etc/pam.d/sshd | egrep -v ^# auth required pam_env.so # [1] auth …
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Encrypt folders with a nice gui

I am currently using encfs 1.7.4 with gnome encfs manager 1.8.17 to encrypt my confidential files. This manager has quite a nice gui that allows me to quickly mount available (previously mounted) encrypted folders. I know that encfs has several…
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Cron using a command that asks for password

I was able to fix this by using the encfs -S option, this pulls the password from a file instead of prompting for the password every time the script is run. This is not very secure as the password is in plaintext within the file, but right now it…
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