TrueCrypt - Free Open-Source On-The-Fly Disk Encryption Software for Windows 7/Vista/XP, Mac OS X and Linux. eCryptfs. History[edit] eCryptfs is derived from Erez Zadok's Cryptfs.[2] See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] eCryptfs. Project Overview eCryptfs is a POSIX-compliant enterprise cryptographic stacked filesystem for Linux. eCryptfs stores cryptographic metadata in the header of each file, so that encrypted files can be copied between hosts; the file will be decrypted with the proper key in the Linux kernel keyring. There is no need to keep track of any additional information aside from what is already in the encrypted file itself.
You may think of eCryptfs as a sort of "gnupg as a filesystem". eCryptfs is widely used, as the basis for Ubuntu's Encrypted Home Directory, natively within Google's ChromeOS, and transparently embedded in several network attached storage (NAS) devices. Tyler Hicks Tyler Hicks began working on eCryptfs in 2006, while at IBM's Linux Technology Center. Dustin Kirkland Dustin Kirkland has been the eCryptfs user space maintainer since 2008. Michael Halcrow (emeritus) Mike Halcrow adapted eCryptfs from Erez Zadok's Cryptfs and got it merged into the Linux kernel. EncFS - Wikipedia. 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. Advantages[edit] EncFS offers several advantages over other disk encryption software simply because each file is stored individually as an encrypted file somewhere else in the host's directory tree. Disadvantages[edit] There are some drawbacks to using EncFS. EncFS volumes cannot be formatted with an arbitrary filesystem. Filesystem options[edit] When creating a new EncFS volume, several different options are available to customize the filesystem to suit various needs. Cipher[edit] The cipher key length can be selected for ciphers that support variable key lengths.
Encfs. About EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs without any special permissions and uses the FUSE library and Linux kernel module to provide the filesystem interface. You can find links to source and binary releases below. EncFS is open source software, licensed under the GPL. As with most encrypted filesystems, Encfs is meant to provide security against off-line attacks; ie your notebook or backups fall into the wrong hands, etc. See also the extended introduction page if you are new to EncFS. If you need help, please use the encfs-users mailing list. Slides from talk: In July 2005 I gave a presentation of EncFS at the Libre Software Meeting in France. Dependencies FUSE : 2.6 or newer for the latest EncFS rlog : a C++ logging library (also by me - see also rlog) OpenSSL - versions 0.9.6 through 0.9.8 have been testedboost : C++ utility library 1.34 or later Warning: OpenSSL versioning is messy.
Translations Bug Reporting Please report bugs or feature requests here. eCryptfs in Launchpad. eCryptfs is a cryptographic stacked Linux filesystem. eCryptfs stores cryptographic metadata in the header of each file written, so that encrypted files can be copied between hosts; the file will be decrypted with the proper key in the Linux kernel keyring. There is no need to keep track of any additional information aside from what is already in the encrypted file itself. You may think of eCryptfs as a sort of "gnupgfs", or "gnupg as a filesystem". eCryptfs is widely used, as the basis for Ubuntu's Encrypted Home Directory, natively within Google's ChromeOS, and transparently embedded in several network attached storage (NAS) devices.
The eCryptfs home page is: * The mailing list for users and developers is: * The ecryptfs-utils userspace code is stored in Launchpad/Bazaar, and can be obtained with: * The Google+ page is: *