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gocryptfs vs Minisign

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

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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Minisign

Minisign

Security & Privacy

Minisign is a standalone signature tool that aims to be portable, minimalist, and easy to use and deploy. It only supports Ed25519 signatures and aims to be a simple alternative to PGP for signing and verifying files.

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