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



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
>   Version         : 1.0
> >   Upstream Author : Jakob Unterwurzacher <jakobunt@gmail.com>
> * URL             : https://nuetzlich.net/gocryptfs/
> * License         : Expat
>   Programming Lang: Go
>   Description     : Encrypted overlay filesystem written in Go
> 
> gocryptfs is built on top the excellent go-fuse
> > (https://github.com/hanwen/go-fuse) FUSE library and its
> LoopbackFileSystem API.
> 
> This project was inspired by EncFS and strives to fix its
> security issues while providing good performance (benchmarks
> > (https://nuetzlich.net/gocryptfs/comparison/#performance)).
> 
> For details on the security of gocryptfs see the Security
> > (https://nuetzlich.net/gocryptfs/security/) design document.
[...]

What benefits does it provide over ecryptfs, which is already supported
in Debian?

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Klipstein's 4th Law of Prototyping and Production:
                                    A fail-safe circuit will destroy
others.

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