On Wed, Jan 09, 2019 at 10:18:47PM -0500, Celejar wrote:
The standard encryption technology for linux is LUKS. It works on the block device level, not the file level.
LUKS would be no good if the user wants to move/copy/share the encrypted files, encrypted, elsewhere: they didn't say so explicitly but that's the impression I got reading their message.
I believe that the most commonly used software for file level encryption is EncFS. I haven't really used it much, and can't speak to its long term stablity.
EncFS should not be used for any new file encryption project, IMHO. There was the following report in 2014: https://defuse.ca/audits/encfs.htm This is referenced in the NEWS file in the EncFS package https://salsa.debian.org/debian/encfs/blob/debian/sid/debian/NEWS Both the report and the NEWS file are 5 years sold so I am not sure of its current status but I'd want to seek positive assurance. -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Jonathan Dowland ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://jmtd.net ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ Please do not CC me, I am subscribed to the list.
