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Re: file encryption

Anonymous — Tue Jul 26, 2011 4:45 pm

Author: Anonymous

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 4:45 pm

nelz wrote:

That makes sense. What about using GPG?

Thats the first thing that came to my mind as well.

Re: file encryption

sledgehammer — Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:41 am

Author: sledgehammer

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:41 am

Have you tried EncFS? http://www.arg0.net/encfs

I use this for backup on Dropbox and Wuala and I have been using it successfully for the last couple of years. It also works on MAC OS X and there has been a recent windows port.

Regards

Re: file encryption

Brian Hunter — Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:11 pm

Author: Brian Hunter

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:11 pm

Well that was easy...

I'm going to have fun encrypting all my files and then forgetting the passwords!

Thanks again.

Re: file encryption

Brian Hunter — Mon Jul 04, 2011 2:59 pm

Author: Brian Hunter

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 2:59 pm

Cheers, I'll look into it then. Never used it before so I'll have a sniff about Google. Thanks for you help.

Re: file encryption

nelz — Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:36 am

Author: nelz

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:36 am

Yes, I use it for that myself.

Re: file encryption

Brian Hunter — Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:30 am

Author: Brian Hunter

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:30 am

nelz wrote:

That makes sense. What about using GPG?

I had a quick look at it, but it looked like it was just for encrypting email. Can it be used for files as well?

Re: file encryption

nelz — Sun Jul 03, 2011 3:33 pm

Author: nelz

Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 3:33 pm

That makes sense. What about using GPG?

Re: file encryption

Brian Hunter — Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:48 am

Author: Brian Hunter

Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:48 am

I use the webclient for it, so I would have to upload and download the entire container whenever I wanted to get to a single file. So I would essentially be downloading/uploading every file when I only want one.

Unless I made a seperate container for every file...

Re: file encryption

nelz — Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:46 am

Author: nelz

Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:46 am

Yes, but I tend to use encrypted filesystems or containers as it's more transparent than encrypting each and every file. What's the problem with Truecrypt and Dropbox (I haven't tried that combination myself)?

file encryption

Brian Hunter — Sat Jul 02, 2011 10:58 pm

Author: Brian Hunter

Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 10:58 pm

I am starting to look into encrypting the files I have on cloud storage, such as dropbox. I don't make extensive use of these services, but I would like to have my files secured for peice of mind. I use TrueCrypt on my work PC (windows 7), making an encrypted container for my personal files, but this isn't ideal for a service like Dropbox. What I would like is the ability to encrypt individual files, then upload them to dropbox in their encrypted state. Cross platform would be a big bonus.

Any pointers on where to start looking? Does anyone else encrypt files?