I have a bit of data that has to be encrypted and stored into a file so that it can be moved across file systems and possibly OSes. Disk encryption like dm-crypt and a loop device isn’t appropriate as it may not exist on another OS.
It’s been a very long time since I needed this sort of software. More than a decade ago I used TrueCrypt. I know that VeraCrypt is the current re-incarnationn of the project. Is that still the go-to software for this sort of application? Is there something else that’s popular these days?
- Nsh ( @Nsh@lemmy.ca ) 14•1 year ago
Veracrypt
- randomguy2323 ( @randomguy2323@lemmy.fmhy.ml ) 5•1 year ago
Yes highly recommend Veracrypt.
- maino82 ( @maino82@lemmy.ca ) 3•1 year ago
Seconded. Veracrypt is great with lots of flexibility in how you can do the encryption, good documentation, support for passwords and keyfiles, the ability to mount encrypted files as drives, etc… Great software.
- SteleTrovilo ( @SteleTrovilo@beehaw.org ) 11•1 year ago
Zip the file(s), then GPG symmetric encryption/decryption with AES. Nothing fancy.
- am0 ( @am0@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year ago
This is the way
- moonpiedumplings ( @000_panther@programming.dev ) 9•1 year ago
I’d recommend encrypted archives. Like using 7z/7zip to encrypt files.
- hschen ( @hschen@sopuli.xyz ) 4•1 year ago
I use gocryptfs, i like having both CLI for scripts and its got GUI built into KDE Plasma’s Vault feature
- dog ( @dog@suppo.fi ) 2•1 year ago
I personally use Cryptomator, which does on-the-fly data encryption/decryption, allowing you to mount the encrypted data as a “drive” which from the user’s perspective looks like any other data drive.
- mdkcore ( @mdkcore@fedia.io ) 2•1 year ago
- flatbield ( @furrowsofar@beehaw.org ) 1•1 year ago
Lot of good suggestions. The other one is to get a HIPAA compliant encrypted USB drive that has a keyboard on it for entering the unlock code.
I also like just creating an encrypted archive like 7z or GPG encrypted Zip depending on what your platforms can do. Windows and Linux typically can have 7zip. Linux and android GPG and Zip is pretty possible. Can be done on Windows too with extra software.
- flatbield ( @furrowsofar@beehaw.org ) 1•1 year ago
Another option is secure network file transfer. Syncthing, Proton Drive, Tresorit, Bitwarden, or just ssh. Even Nextcloud has an encrypted mode though I am not sure if it is fully tested yet.