Bug#839279: ITP: gocryptfs -- Encrypted overlay filesystem written in Go

[David Steele <steele@debian.org>]

On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 3:09 PM, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, 2016-10-01 at 09:03 -0400, David Steele wrote:
>> On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 7:58 AM, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Sat, 2016-10-01 at 02:35 +0000, David Steele wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Package: wnpp
>> > > Severity: wishlist
>> > > >
>> > > > Owner: David Steele <steele@debian.org>
>> > >
>> > > * Package name    : gocryptfs
>> >
>> > What benefits does it provide over ecryptfs, which is already
>> > supported
>> > in Debian?
>> >
>>
>> https://nuetzlich.net/gocryptfs/comparison/
>
> OK, but it would be helpful to summarise the main advantages, like:
>
> - Includes integrity checking
> - Doesn't leak information about names of encrypted files
>

In the vs. ecryptfs case, the differences are more basic. I'd list kernel/root
vs FUSE/user, cloud sync support[1], and the availability of a user
management gui[2].

[1] https://www.cryfs.org/comparison#ecryptfs
[2] https://mhogomchungu.github.io/sirikali/