securefs is a filesystem in userspace (FUSE) with transparent encryption (when writing) and decryption (when reading).
securefs mounts a regular directory onto a mount point. The mount point appears as a regular filesystem, where one can read/write/create files, directories and symbolic links. The underlying directory will be automatically updated to contain the encrypted and authenticated contents.
securefs is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Authenticated encryption (hence secure against chosen ciphertext attacks).
- Probabilistic encryption (hence provides semantical security).
- Efficient cloud synchronization (not a single preallocated file as container).
- File contents:
- Uses GCM for encryption and integrity.
- File names:
- Uses AES-SIV for encryption.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, BSD, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/netheril96/securefs
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Developer: Siyuan Ren
License: MIT License
securefs is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Encrypted FUSE-based file systems | |
|---|---|
| Cryptomator | Multi-platform transparent client-side encryption of files in the cloud |
| gocryptfs | Encrypted overlay filesystem written in Go |
| CryFS | Cryptographic filesystem for the cloud |
| securefs | Authenticated and probabilistic encryption with efficient cloud synchronization |
| EncFS | Encrypted filesystem in user-space |
| rcryptfs | Read and write encrypted repositories using common gocryptfs settings. |
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