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On Sun, 21 May 2017 18:50:50 +0200, Simon Thelen wrote: |
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> On 17-05-21 at 08:41, Ian Zimmerman wrote: |
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> > On 2017-05-21 09:51, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > > Why are you using encfs with the associated FUSE baggage when |
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> > > ecryptfs is in the kernel and performs the same function? |
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> > Is ecryptfs behind the scenes when I run /sbin/cryptsetup ? |
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> No, ecryptfs is a stacked filesystem (filesystem layered on a |
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> filesystem) that handles encryption on a file-by-file basis |
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Which is also what encfs does, which is why I suggested it as a more |
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appropriate alternative. But ecryptfs does in in the kernel not |
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userspace. |
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ecryptfs can be very simple to use, but Ubuntu's implementation of it to |
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encrypt home directories does indeed seem "complex and opaque". |
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Neil Bothwick |
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... "Yummy," said Pooh, as he hilted his paw into the "honeypot". |
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