[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-users] Cheap IOMMU hardware and ECC support importance
Gordan Bobic <gordan@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> I'd have to make a huge tar archive or something of my data and encrypt >> that with gpg before uploading it. That isn't really feasible. > > No, encfs is a layer and stores each encrypted file and filename as > normal, they are just encrypted. So when you mount the encrypted data > to a mount point, it's available unencrypted. When you look at the > encrypted directory tree, the file names and contents are scrambled. > > So to back it up, you back up the encrypted subtree directly. No need > for intermediate steps. And how good is this encryption? What if I forget the passphrase or whatever it uses? To back it up, I'd still have to make an archive which I can upload. -- Knowledge is volatile and fluid. Software is power. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
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