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I'd like to link to a audit of EncFS, the system that Safe is a wrapper for: https://defuse.ca/audits/encfs.htm https://defuse.ca/audits/encfs.htm It highlight
by FiloSottile 12y ago
I'd like to link to a audit of EncFS, the system that Safe is a wrapper for: https://defuse.ca/audits/encfs.htm https://defuse.ca/audits/encfs.htm
It highlights in my opinion a old and not rigorous implementation and design.
I'd not feel safe using it even if the developers of Safe did a great job choosing defaults.
- mhurron 12y agoIt all depends on what you need. EncFS appears to be enough for what I need it for, encrypting files that I want to be a little more private than not at all on cloud storage. I personally wouldn't put sensitive information through it, but then again, I wouldn't put my sensitive information on a cloud provider either. On top of that, what other per-file cross platform encryption options are there?
- FiloSottile 12y agoNone, but consider that you can use Truecrypt over Dropbox. It's smart enough to upload only changed segments.
- rian 12y agoUnfortunately, any tiny edit within your TrueCrypt will cause Dropbox to re-read and re-hash the entire volume, and that can take a long time and drain a lot of battery. Safe fits more naturally with Dropbox.
- dteoh 12y ago> On top of that, what other per-file cross platform encryption options are there? Boxcryptor is an option, but it is not open source.
- mhurron 12y agoBoxcryptor 2 doesn't have a Linux client and Boxcryptor Classic was just mostly EncFS so its Linux support was the same as Safe here.