Re: [gentoo-user] Encryption questions

[Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@skynet.be>]

I use encfs (see github.com/vgough/encfs)
It's in the portage tree.

Here is my private Readme

# Neither .Secret nor Secret should contain data before creation !!!

# CREATION  (only once)
e.g.
encfs -i 10 --ondemand --extpass=x11-ssh-askpass `pwd`/.Secret  
`pwd`/Secret

or more simply in an XTerm
encfs `pwd`/.Secret `pwd`/Secret

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# USAGE

encfs [-i idle[minutes]] [--ondemand] --extpass=x11-ssh-askpass <TRUE  
FS> <MountPoint>

e.g.
encfs -i 10 --ondemand --extpass=x11-ssh-askpass ~/.Secret ~/Secret

or more simply in an XTerm :  (>>> always use the full path of both  
folders)

encfs ~/.Secret ~/Secret


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After Usage
=========

fusermount -u ~/Secret

If you shut down the machine you don't need to do fusermount -u.


BackUP : ~/.Secret  and remember password (e.g. using  
app-admin/keepassxc)

Important Note :

ENCFS does not hide the length and modification date/time of a file
If that matter you can archive several file in a tar-file before  
encryption.