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Introduction to EncFS, Encrypted Filesystem

Dec 142011

encfs-combo EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs without any special permissions and uses the FUSE library and Linux kernel module to provide the filesystem interface. EncFS is open source software, licensed under the GPL.

As with most encrypted filesystems, Encfs is meant to provide security against off-line attacks; ie your notebook or backups fall into the wrong hands, etc. The way Encfs works is different from the “loopback” encrypted filesystem support built into the Linux kernel because it works on files at a time, not an entire block device. This is a big advantage in some ways, but does not come without a cost.
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Other cli uses of Openssl

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Dec 102010

After my previous article 7 Practical uses of Openssl I have received many comments and suggestions of other possible uses of this excellent program.

With this article, i’ll show you other uses of the openssl command used from the command line.
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7 Practical uses of Openssl

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Dec 052010

In a previous article we saw the basics of encryption and asymmetric key used in the e-mail. On Linux the most used and popular programthat deals with security and encryption is OpenSSL .

OpenSSL is an open source implementation of the SSL and TLS protocols. The core library (written in the C programming language) implements the basic cryptographic functions and provides various utility functions. Wrappers allowing the use of the OpenSSL library in a variety of computer languages are available.

Versions are available for most Unix-like operating systems (including Solaris, Linux, Mac OS X and the four open source BSD operating systems), OpenVMS and Microsoft Windows. IBM provides a port for the System i (OS/400). OpenSSL is based on SSLeay by Eric A. Young and Tim Hudson, development of which unofficially ended around December 1998, when Young and Hudson both started to work for RSA Security.

Today we will see some practical uses of programs that rely on OpenSSL.