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# EncFS - and Encrypted Filesystem for FUSE
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## About
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EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs in userspace, using the FUSE library for
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the filesystem interface. EncFS is open source software, licensed under the LGPL.
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EncFS is now over 10 years old (first release in 2003). It came about because older NFS-based encrypted
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filesystems such as CFS had not kept pace with Linux development. When FUSE became available,
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I wrote a CFS replacement for my own use and released the first version to Open Source in 2003.
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As with most encrypted filesystems, Encfs was meant to provide security against off-line attacks;
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ie your notebook or backups fall into the wrong hands, etc. EncFS encrypts individual files, by
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translating all requests for the virtual EncFS filesystem into the equivalent encrypted operations on
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the raw filesystem.
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## Status
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Over the last 10 years, a number of good alternatives have grown up. Computing power has increased
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to the point where it is reasonable to encrypt the entire filesystem of personal computers (and even
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mobile phones!). On Linux, ecryptfs provides a nice dynamically mountable encrypted home directory,
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and is well integrated in distributions I use, such as Ubuntu.
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EncFS has been dormant for a while. I've started cleaning up in order to try and provide a better
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base for a version 2, but whether EncFS flowers again depends upon community interest.
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In order to make it easier for anyone to contribute, I'm looking at Github as the next home
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for EncFS. So if you're interested in EncFS, please dive in!
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## GitHub page
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GitHub hosting for EncFS is in progress. See also the original, and more complete,
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introduction page at http://www.arg0.net/encfs
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