EncFS Changelog

What's new in EncFS 1.8.1

Apr 18, 2015
  • add configure script to release tarball
  • reverse: re-enable kernel cache (bug #60)
  • reverse mode: disable unique IV by default (was enabled in 1.8)
  • add make benchmark-reverse
  • remove -o default_permissions unless needed to improve performance
  • add option --require-macs (bug #14)
  • add po files to git (bug #63)

New in EncFS 1.8 RC1 (Jan 7, 2015)

  • improve automatic test converage: also test reverse mode (make test)
  • add per-file IVs based on the inode number to reverse mode to improve security
  • add automatic benchmark (make benchmark)
  • compare MAC in constant time ( fixes bug #12 )
  • add --nocache option
  • lots of fixes to make building on OSX easier

New in EncFS 1.7.0 (Aug 30, 2010)

  • Initialization vector setup for new filesystems was replaced, which helps against a watermark attack.

New in EncFS 1.6.0 (Jun 28, 2010)

  • Added support for boost 1.42 and 1.43.
  • Modtime is maintained during rename.
  • Fixes were made for gcc 4.x.

New in EncFS 1.5.0 (Oct 6, 2008)

  • This release uses a salt-based key derivation function from OpenSSL.
  • It adds GCC 4.3 support and fixes xattr support on OS X.