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On Mon, 2 Jun 2014 19:34:40 +0800, Mark David Dumlao wrote: |
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> > Definitely dm-crypt/LUKS for partitions/devices, but why use encfs |
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> > which needs FUSE, when ecryptfs does the same thing in kernel space? |
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> for dual-boot systems, or simply from the point of system recovery, I |
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> find it really attractive that I can, for example, open an encfs |
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> filesystem in "the other operating system" (there's an encfs for |
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> windows). |
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I don't use Windows, so my "other operating system" is usually System |
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Rescue Cd :) |
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> Besides, I think the fact that you're doing encryption / |
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> decryption on the fly completely overshadows the performance hit from |
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> running a userspace filesystem anyways. |
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Or adds to it... |
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> Also, it's extremely |
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> convenient to be able to mount / unmount the encfs on the fly without |
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> su, sudo, or messing with fstab, as, for instance, with the case of |
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> portable hard disks or usb sticks, where you don't want to |
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> automatically unencrypt the contents unless you're prompted for the |
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> password. |
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AFAIR ecryptfs doesn't require root privileges. |
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