linux-kernel - Re: ecryptfs is unmaintained and untested

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Message-ID: <4682858.LvFx2qVVIh@laptop>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 18:54:07 +0200
From: Martin Steigerwald <martin@...htvoll.de>
To: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>, Tyler Hicks <code@...icks.com>,
 Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@...nsource.wdc.com>, ecryptfs@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ecryptfs is unmaintained and untested

John Stultz - 14.10.25, 18:38:52 CEST:
> Mostly I avoid dm-crypt for personal files as I want the majority of
> things (family pictures, etc) to be as simply recoverable as possible.
> It's only for a small amount of things like email archives and
> tax/financial documents that I'd like to have it be non-trivial to
> access if my backup drive or desktop was stolen.

See my hints about CryFS or gocryptfs in my other mail as used by Plasma 
Vault. I believe it might suit your use case quite well.

-- 
Martin