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<h2> <h2>
<a name="about" class="anchor" href="#about"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>About</h2> <a name="about" class="anchor" href="#about"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>About</h2>
<p>EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs in userspace, <p>EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs with regular user
using the FUSE library for the filesystem interface. EncFS is open source permissions using the <a href="http://fuse.sourceforge.net/">FUSE</a> library to act as a filesystem.
software, licensed under the LGPL.</p> EncFS is open source software, licensed under the LGPL.</p>
<p>EncFS was written by necessity over a decade ago by me, <a href="https://github.com/vgough" class="user-mention">@vgough</a>. At the time, <p>EncFS was written due to necessity over a decade ago. At the time,
older NFS-loopback based encrypted filesystems such as CFS had not kept pace with Linux older NFS-loopback based encrypted filesystems such as CFS had not kept pace with Linux
development. When FUSE became available, I wrote a CFS replacement for my own development. When FUSE became available, I wrote a CFS replacement for my own
use and released the first version to Open Source in 2003.</p> use and released the first version to Open Source in 2003.</p>
<p>As with most encrypted filesystems, Encfs was meant to provide security against <p>As with most encrypted filesystems, EncFS was meant to provide security against
off-line attacks; ie your notebook or backups are left in a taxi by mistake, stolen, etc. off-line attacks; ie your notebook or backups are left in a taxi by mistake, stolen, etc.
In order to avoid having a dedicated partition size, EncFS encrypts individual files, In order to avoid having a dedicated partition size, EncFS encrypts individual files,
by translating all requests for the virtual EncFS filesystem into the equivalent by translating all requests for the virtual EncFS filesystem into the equivalent
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<p>Over the last decade, a number of good alternatives have grown up. Computing <p>Over the last decade, a number of good alternatives have grown up. Computing
power has increased to the point where it is reasonable to encrypt the entire power has increased to the point where it is reasonable to encrypt the entire
filesystem of personal computers. On Linux, ecryptfs filesystem of personal computers. On Linux, <a href="http://ecryptfs.org/">ecryptfs</a>
provides a nice dynamically mountable encrypted home directory, and is well provides a nice dynamically mountable encrypted home directory, and is well
integrated in distributions I use, such as Ubuntu. Every compute I use, including integrated in distributions I use, such as <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu</a>.
my mobile phones, use full-disk encryption. However there always seem to be new Every compute I use, including my mobile phones, use full-disk encryption.<br>
use cases for userspace file-by-file encryption, so EncFS remains useful.</p> However there always seem to be new use cases for userspace file-by-file encryption,
so EncFS remains useful.</p>
<p>EncFS has been dormant for a while. I've started cleaning up in order to try <p>EncFS has been dormant for a while. I've started cleaning up in order to try
and provide a better base for a version 2, but whether EncFS flowers again and provide a better base for a version 2, but whether EncFS flowers again

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