fscrypt is a high-level command-line utility for managing Linux native filesystem encryption on supported filesystems.
It provides a consistent interface for setting up encrypted directories, managing protectors and policies, and working with the kernel’s native filesystem encryption support on filesystems such as ext4 and f2fs.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Supports protectors based on a login passphrase, a custom passphrase, or a raw 256-bit key.
- Includes commands for encrypting directories and for locking, unlocking, and checking the status of encrypted directories.
- Can integrate with PAM through
pam_fscrypt.soso login passphrase-protected directories can be unlocked automatically during login sessions. - Can generate a recovery passphrase for login passphrase-protected directories created on non-root filesystems.
- Provides metadata management capabilities for creating protectors and working with filesystem encryption policies.
Website: github.com/google/fscrypt
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Developer: Google
License: Apache License 2.0
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