File by file encryption instead of filesystem encryption

KHMan keinhong@gmail.com
Sat May 23 17:48:00 GMT 2009


Kelly Jones wrote:
> Are there any cygwin/Windows programs that will encrypt a file, but
> leave it usable, similar to what TrueCrypt does for filesystems?
> [snip]
> However, encryptfs is still encrypted, and you can copy it to make
> encrypted backups.
> This is great in theory, but has some problems in practise:
> 
>  % Even w/ rsync, even using --partial, copying over a large file is
>  slow and prone to errors.

I'm intrigued by this statement. What do you mean by errors? Are 
you talking about the "Delayed Write Failed" problem?

-- 
Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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