[ale] Local/Cloud File Encryption

[Derek Atkins]

Brian MacLeod <nym.bnm at gmail.com> writes:

> I agree with JD: TrueCrypt has a client for Linux, Windows and Mac.
>
> I hadn't thought about the 4.3G idea, thanks JD for that.
>
> Most of my encrypted volumes on my Dropbox are small (16, 32Mb), but
> understand that it does take longer to sync up since if you do in fact
> change the contents of a TrueCrypt volume, the entire file (from
> Dropbox/cloud service's POV) should change, so, the larger the file,
> the longer the sync, regardless of the actual changes.
>
> Because of that, I can see great utility with David' suggestion of GPG
> and Chris' of OpenSSL -- you're only encrypting the file itself, and
> thus, only a bit more synchronizing than the time it would take for
> the original file.
>
> Balance of time and ease of use to taste.

Too bad EncFS doesn't work on Windows (It might work on Mac with MacFuse)

> Brian

-derek

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