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gocryptfs vs win-sshfs

A side-by-side look at gocryptfs and win-sshfs. 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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win-sshfs

win-sshfs

Network & Admin

Win-SSHFS is an open-source SSHFS client for Windows that allows you to mount remote filesystems over SSH. It provides a graphical user interface for connecting to SSH servers and mounting drives.

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