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EncFS

EncFS is a Free (LGPL) FUSE-based cryptographic filesystem. It transparently encrypts files, using an arbitrary directory as storage for the encrypted files.

Key facts

Software.name: EncFS
Software.developer: Valient Gough
Software.latest_release_version: 1.9.5
Software.discontinued: yes
Software.replaced_by: gocryptfs
Software.operating_system: Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, Windows ("encfs4win" port) (also Safe, an alternative macOS, Windows port) and Android apps
Software.genre: filesystem, encryption
Software.license: LGPL
Software.website: EncFS home

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Common uses
Advantages
Cross-platform
Bitrot detection
Scalable storage
Normal file server
Different physical devices
Faster backup
Reduced corruption
Optimizations
Random file access
Disadvantages
Compatibility
No support for very long filenames
General security concerns
EncFS 1.7 security concerns
EncFS 1.8 security concerns
Filesystem options
Cipher algorithm
Block size
Filename encoding
Filename IV chaining
Per-file IV initialization vector
External IV chaining
Filename to IV header chaining
Block MAC headers
See also
References
External links

EncFS is a Free (LGPL) FUSE-based cryptographic filesystem. It transparently encrypts files, using an arbitrary directory as storage for the encrypted files.

Two directories are involved in mounting an EncFS filesystem: the source directory, and the mountpoint. Each file in the mountpoint has a specific file in the source directory that corresponds to it. The file in the mountpoint provides the unencrypted view of the one in the source directory. Filenames are encrypted in the source directory.