On Mon, 9 Jul 2012 17:52:24 +0200 Francesco de Virgilio <fradev...@gmail.com> wrote: | On 27 May 2012 17:57, Andrzej Zawadzki <a.zawad...@gmail.com> wrote: | > No worries, the data is protected with your volume password. As long as no | > one knows your pass, your data is secure. | > | > Cheers, | > Andrzej Zawadzki | | AFAIK, leaving encfs6.xml in the encrypted dir can increase the | possibilities for | hackers to access the encrypted data, see: | | http://www.ict.griffith.edu.au/anthony/info/crypto/encfs.hints | | section "Disadvantages", last point. | | The worst part is that I've tried to store the encfs6.xml externally | and recall it with | "ENCFS6_CONFIG=" variable when calling "encfs" command (as suggested in the | above mentioned guide) but it doesn't works. | | Still wondering if it is possible :| |
I am the author of the above document, and YES it works. I use it all the time. ENCFS6_CONFIG must be an environment variable, and the contents must be the the absolute filename of the config file. NOTE: I actually have it set to a temporary named-pipe file which I then feed the config file (from a decrypted source) into. This is possible as "encfs" only opens and reads the config file once only when it starts. My "ks" (key store) script does all this for me. http://www.ict.griffith.edu.au/anthony/software/#ks Anthony Thyssen ( System Programmer ) <a.thys...@griffith.edu.au> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Backup is irrelevant, your C drive will be assimilated -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony's Castle http://www.ict.griffith.edu.au/anthony/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Encfs-users mailing list Encfs-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/encfs-users
