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Re: File by file encryption instead of filesystem encryption


Kelly Jones wrote:
Are there any cygwin/Windows programs that will encrypt a file, but
leave it usable, similar to what TrueCrypt does for filesystems?
[snip]
However, encryptfs is still encrypted, and you can copy it to make
encrypted backups.
This is great in theory, but has some problems in practise:

 % Even w/ rsync, even using --partial, copying over a large file is
 slow and prone to errors.

I'm intrigued by this statement. What do you mean by errors? Are you talking about the "Delayed Write Failed" problem?


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