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encfs-1.9.5p6

fuse-based cryptographic filesystem

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Description

EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem based on FUSE and OpenSSL. EncFS works on a per-file basis, not with entire block devices. An EncFS filesystem can grow to any size without being reformatted and can be backed-up on a file-by-file basis. EncFS does NOT encrypt or otherwise hide the following information: - The number of files you have encrypted - The permissions on the files (readable, writable, executable) - The size of each file - The approximate size of each filename (to within 16 bytes using AES, or 8 bytes using Blowfish) See also the extended introduction page if you are new to EncFS: http://www.arg0.net/encfsintro

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Ports path
security/encfs
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
security
Available flavors
None listed
Only for architectures
aarch64, amd64, arm, i386, mips64, mips64el, powerpc, powerpc64, riscv64, sparc64, alpha, hppa

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