Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT crypto] How to encrypt a directory without root?

2010-01-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:19:56 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: I wasn't thinking that at all. You use sshfs to mount the remote directory locally, then mount that with encfs. All the remote host needs is ssh. I'm not sure what is going wrong here, if neither of us is listening to the other

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT crypto] How to encrypt a directory without root?

2010-01-14 Thread Harry Putnam
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk writes: On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:27:32 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT crypto] How to encrypt a directory without root?

2010-01-06 Thread felix
On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 04:09:03PM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: 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. I hate saying something when I don't know the full

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT crypto] How to encrypt a directory without root?

2010-01-06 Thread Harry Putnam
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk writes: 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT crypto] How to encrypt a directory without root?

2010-01-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:27:32 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: 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

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT crypto] How to encrypt a directory without root?

2010-01-05 Thread Harry Putnam
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk writes: On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:12:29 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: I have an encfs encrpted partition on my home machine.. However I want a back up offsite. The encrypted partition would be mounted, the contents tarred/gzipped, mcrypt'ed on home machine

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT crypto] How to encrypt a directory without root?

2010-01-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT crypto] How to encrypt a directory without root?

2010-01-03 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:12:29 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: I have an encfs encrpted partition on my home machine.. However I want a back up offsite. The encrypted partition would be mounted, the contents tarred/gzipped, mcrypt'ed on home machine then scp'ed to the remote for offsite

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT crypto] How to encrypt a directory without root?

2010-01-03 Thread felix
On Sun, Jan 03, 2010 at 10:30:03AM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:12:29 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: I have an encfs encrpted partition on my home machine.. However I want a back up offsite. The encrypted partition would be mounted, the contents tarred/gzipped,

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT crypto] How to encrypt a directory without root?

2010-01-02 Thread Harry Putnam
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk writes: On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:32:07 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: I want to encrypt a directory heirarchy on a remote machine where I don't have root. I can use either an openbsd, or gentoo remote. Provided the kernel has ecrypt support and the userspace