Re: Ecryptfs vs encfs

2011-03-22 Thread Dan
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 08:51:27PM -0700, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > > With ecryptfs,  I can have a file-level backup solution work on the backing > files, not require an active login or mounted FS, and do replication to other > nodes/sites witho

Re: Ecryptfs vs encfs

2011-03-22 Thread Jon Dowland
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 08:51:27PM -0700, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > Generally, my advice is to use dm-crypt for block devices (like > encrypting an entire /home partition that root plans to mount at > bootup), and encfs for encrypting individual directories other than > $HOME. YMMV. I've been using

Re: Ecryptfs vs encfs

2011-03-22 Thread Dan
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 8:09 PM, Dan wrote: >> I would like to encrypt some folders in the home directory of the >> users in a server. I have seen that there are 2 choices ecryptfs and >> encfs. They seem to be very similar. Which one do y

Re: Ecryptfs vs encfs

2011-03-21 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 8:09 PM, Dan wrote: > I would like to encrypt some folders in the home directory of the > users in a server. I have seen that there are 2 choices ecryptfs and > encfs. They seem to be very similar. Which one do you think that it is > better? One isn't better than the other

Ecryptfs vs encfs

2011-03-21 Thread Dan
Hi, I would like to encrypt some folders in the home directory of the users in a server. I have seen that there are 2 choices ecryptfs and encfs. They seem to be very similar. Which one do you think that it is better? Thanks, Dan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org