Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT encfs] When encfs gets hungup

[Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>]

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On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 12:56:42 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:

> > Apart from the need to access legacy data, which Harry has resolved by
> > reformatting, is there any benefit in using encfs rather than the
> > in-kernel ecryptfs these days?  
> 
> Are you using ecryptfs?  I started looking around and thinking exactly
> what Albert says is not a proper response, and wondering if ecryptfs
> might be a better choice.

Not at the moment, although I have used it from time to time and it does
what it should without fuss.

> Also after seeing no responses or any posts at all on the encfs group,
> I wondered if ecryptfs is under active development, as it appears
> encfs is not.  So, for that reason alone, (assuming there is current
> active devel going on with ecryptfs) it might be good to switch.

Ubuntu use it for encrypting home directories, so it should have active
attention.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

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