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 This is designed to protect against off-line attacks, that is, the contents of the encrypted folder are safe(er) while the directory is unmounted. While it is mounted, anyone with enough permissions over the mountpoint can still access the information of the files. Furthermore, since the encryption works on a file-by-file basis, some metadata will remain visible even while unmounted. Things like the number of files, their permissions, sizes and approximate filename size will be accessible to anyone with appropriate permissions over the encrypted folder. This is designed to protect against off-line attacks, that is, the contents of the encrypted folder are safe(er) while the directory is unmounted. While it is mounted, anyone with enough permissions over the mountpoint can still access the information of the files. Furthermore, since the encryption works on a file-by-file basis, some metadata will remain visible even while unmounted. Things like the number of files, their permissions, sizes and approximate filename size will be accessible to anyone with appropriate permissions over the encrypted folder.
  
-Read the [[#tips_and_tricks|#tips_and_tricks]] section for a few of suggestions on how to ameliorate some of these problems.+Read the [[#tips_and_tricks|Tips and Tricks]] section for a few of suggestions on how to ameliorate some of these problems.
  
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mounting_an_encrypted_partition_with_encfs.txt · Last modified: 2021/03/22 05:19 by hc9