Re: since demise of encfs what to use for encrypting dir

2014-08-10 Thread Andre N Batista
On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 11:16:17AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 04 aug 14, 14:58:15, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > > I'm still not sure why it isn't in testing at > > the moment, > > http://tracker.debian.org/encfs and click on the question mark next to > > The package has not entered testi

Re: since demise of encfs what to use for encrypting dir

2014-08-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 04 aug 14, 14:58:15, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > I'm still not sure why it isn't in testing at > the moment, http://tracker.debian.org/encfs and click on the question mark next to The package has not entered testing even though the delay is over The rest should be self-explanatory. > but

Re: since demise of encfs what to use for encrypting dir

2014-08-04 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
B writes: > On Sat, 02 Aug 2014 18:10:10 -0600 > Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > > Do you have more information on encfs being declared a security >> hazard? Your post is the first I've heard of it. > > http://defuse.ca/audits/encfs.htm > (You'll note that dangerous attack vectors are quite low). Ah

Re: since demise of encfs what to use for encrypting dir

2014-08-03 Thread Harry Putnam
Mike Kupfer writes: > Harry Putnam wrote: > >> I guess encfs and its companion on windows of truecrypt have been >> declared serious security hazards... encfs is not even available .. at >> least in jessie repos. >> >> What are people using as a replacement? Hopefully something as easy >> to us

Re: Is crypto developed the way it should? - [WAS: since demise of encfs what to use for encrypting dir]

2014-08-03 Thread Bzzzz
On Mon, 04 Aug 2014 04:08:15 +1000 Andrew McGlashan wrote: > All good points, trouble I see is that even /good/ teams can become > violated by someone ... NSA working with NIST is one example; This is why an international team is important, with redundant checks and controls. > I'm > not going

Re: Is crypto developed the way it should? - [WAS: since demise of encfs what to use for encrypting dir]

2014-08-03 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 4/08/2014 1:16 AM, B wrote: > The question raise the underlying problems: > * Should we pay for good crypto (and very good cryptanalysis)? > I think YES (stop yelling, think crowfunding;), because > good crypto skills are rare and thus expensive; > furthermore, we need stable

Is crypto developed the way it should? - [WAS: since demise of encfs what to use for encrypting dir]

2014-08-03 Thread Bzzzz
On Sun, 03 Aug 2014 10:43:18 -0400 Harry Putnam wrote: > Gack,,, I duplicated your posted URL before seeing your post You will rot in a windows-only hell for that! (without a debugger) *<;-p) The question raise the underlying problems: * Is crypto a specialist affair? YES it is, indeed. *

Re: since demise of encfs what to use for encrypting dir

2014-08-03 Thread Harry Putnam
B writes: > On Sat, 02 Aug 2014 18:10:10 -0600 > Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > > Do you have more information on encfs being declared a security >> hazard? Your post is the first I've heard of it. > > http://defuse.ca/audits/encfs.htm > (You'll note that dangerous attack vectors are quite low). Ga

Re: since demise of encfs what to use for encrypting dir

2014-08-03 Thread Harry Putnam
Joe Pfeiffer writes: >> Harry Putnam wrote: >> >>> I guess encfs and its companion on windows of truecrypt have been >>> declared serious security hazards... encfs is not even available .. at >>> least in jessie repos. >>> >>> What are people using as a replacement? Hopefully something as easy

Re: since demise of encfs what to use for encrypting dir

2014-08-02 Thread Bzzzz
On Sat, 02 Aug 2014 18:10:10 -0600 Joe Pfeiffer wrote: Do you have more information on encfs being declared a security > hazard? Your post is the first I've heard of it. http://defuse.ca/audits/encfs.htm (You'll note that dangerous attack vectors are quite low). -- Nico : my little brother wa

Re: since demise of encfs what to use for encrypting dir

2014-08-02 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
> Harry Putnam wrote: > >> I guess encfs and its companion on windows of truecrypt have been >> declared serious security hazards... encfs is not even available .. at >> least in jessie repos. >> >> What are people using as a replacement? Hopefully something as easy >> to use and encfs was. Do y

Re: since demise of encfs what to use for encrypting dir

2014-08-02 Thread Mike Kupfer
Harry Putnam wrote: > I guess encfs and its companion on windows of truecrypt have been > declared serious security hazards... encfs is not even available .. at > least in jessie repos. > > What are people using as a replacement? Hopefully something as easy > to use and encfs was. I've been usi

since demise of encfs what to use for encrypting dir

2014-08-02 Thread Harry Putnam
I guess encfs and its companion on windows of truecrypt have been declared serious security hazards... encfs is not even available .. at least in jessie repos. What are people using as a replacement? Hopefully something as easy to use and encfs was. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ