Linux.com: CLI Magic: EncFS | Linux Today

Linux.com: CLI Magic: EncFS

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 27, 2006

“EncFS is an easy-to-use, command-line tool for storing
information in encrypted form. It’s not really a filesystem, but it
pretends to be one at the CLI. If you’ve been searching for a means
of encrypting and decrypting your sensitive data easily, here it
is.

“EncFS is included with the distribution I’m using on the
desktop, Ubuntu Dapper, so all I needed to do to install it was a
few clicks in Synaptic. Look for the encfs package, and select if
for installation. It should pull down all of the dependencies for
the system…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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