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CryFS vs gocryptfs

A side-by-side look at CryFS and gocryptfs. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

CryFS

CryFS

Security & Privacy

CryFS is an open-source encrypted file system that provides client-side encryption for your cloud storage. It allows you to encrypt files before syncing them with cloud storage services like Dropbox, Google Drive, etc. This ensures the cloud storage provider has no access to your unencrypted data.

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gocryptfs

gocryptfs

Security & Privacy

gocryptfs is an open source encrypted overlay filesystem written in Go. It uses AES-256 in ciphertext stealing mode for file encryption,HMAC-SHA512 for integrity checking, and scrypt for password encryption to keep data secured on disk.

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