> Hi all, > i am a very happy user of encfs under Linux. > > I am investigating the possibility of running encfs inside a Dropbox > folder. > Despite the warnings and risks (like stated here > http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=15065),
You might want to look at the '--reverse' flag which will allow encfs to take a non-encrypted directory + keyfile and present an encrypted view of it. This has the advantages that the local filesystem has direct access to non-encrypted files and that the keyfile is not (normally) stored the encrypted files. > i have 2 questions: > > 1) Is there the possibility of some form of compression in the > encryption algorythm used by encfs (to save some Dropbox space)? You can 'stack' fuse file systems, I would suggest you look at fusecompress (http://code.google.com/p/fusecompress/wiki/Usage) or the like. Remember non-encrypted files will compress a lot better than the pseudo random encrypted files. > > 2) Thinking of how to access my box from my Windows machines, have you > ever tried a Windows porting of encfs? Are these guys > http://www.boxcryptor.com/index.html in anyway related to the author of > encfs? Did any of you try it? Ages ago there was a EncFS windows application, which could add/remove/inspect files within an encrypted directory. The main problem was that it was not integrated with the filesystem, due to complications writing Windows files system drivers. Never seen BoxCryptor before... looks interesting. Simon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ Encfs-users mailing list Encfs-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/encfs-users
