https://peeterpaul.motskula.net:443/tags/encfs/ Recent content in Encfs on @ppmotskula Hugo -- gohugo.io et-ee peeterpaul@motskula.net (Peeter P. Mõtsküla) peeterpaul@motskula.net (Peeter P. Mõtsküla) Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://peeterpaul.motskula.net:443/2012/01/31/encfs-for-the-paranoid/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 peeterpaul@motskula.net (Peeter P. Mõtsküla) https://peeterpaul.motskula.net:443/2012/01/31/encfs-for-the-paranoid/ <p><strong><a href="http://www.arg0.net/encfs">EncFS</a></strong> is a free (GPL) FUSE-based cryptographic filesystem that transparently encrypts files, using an arbitrary directory as storage for the encrypted files (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EncFS">Wikipedia article</a>).</p> <p>One of the good things about encfs is that it allows you to keep your encrypted directory backed up on a removable disk or remote server, without having to decrypt and re-encrypt the data. And if you exclude the configuration file (that contains the key, which, in turn, is encrypted with a passphrase of your choice) from the backup, then you don&rsquo;t have to worry about whether someone else could get a look at your backups &mdash; all they&rsquo;d ever get is random gibberish.</p>