On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:09:03 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > > Why not just tar up the underlying encfs partition? The data > > is already encrypted, what's the point of decrypting it to encrypt it > > again? That way you don't need to rely on any encryption software on > > the remote computer. > > I wanted the option of decrypting on the remote if need be... that is > if my home machine is not accessible for whatever reason. > > For example, if I wanted a forgotten password laying in a text file > but encfs encrypted and on the remote. When for one or another reason > I cannot get it from the home machine. > > In your scenario, I'd need access to both home machine and remote at > the same time to first get the blob of encrypted data off the remote > and then to decrypt it on home.
Then use rsync instead of tar, then you can mount the remote filesystem using sshfs and encfs to read individual files. It's a little slow as you are layering two FUSE filesystems, but quicker than downloading a complete tarball just to get at one file. I've used this method with an online backup service and it works. -- Neil Bothwick 3 things happen as you age: 1) Your memory goes; 2) uh..um
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