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Windows port of EncFS
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Path name too long issue - request for SHORTER filename-lengths #63

Closed Owyn closed 5 years ago

Owyn commented 7 years ago

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Description

Even with an option to have shortest possible encrypted filenames - stream - those are still longer than originals, i mean usually twice as long, eg: test.txt - is now twice longer vKeFilGHSVaediHAJ,

that's not really the problem, the real problem comes with folders and subfolders and subfolders inside subfolders... few folders placed in each other easily reach the filesystem max-length for name, filesystem have problems with it, programs have problems with it, cloud-storage have problems with it.. just problems we have.

Expected behavior vs. actual behavior

we should have an option for kitchen-level user filename protection which is not null but won't be longer than original

something like: original: test.txt (8 symbols) output: vKeFideJ (8 symbols or shorter (just not longer))

to not put the original key in danger by this (or however filename encryption is done), another key(password?) could be used, we need SOMETHING to not have problems with name-lengths of files...

Owyn commented 7 years ago

Look at how others handle this: CrococryptMirror for example - it encrypts every filename into 4 symbol filename (which is in 99% times shorter than the original)

jetwhiz commented 7 years ago

Hi @Owyn -- thank you for the repot! Encfs4win is mainly designed to just be a Windows port of the encfs project, so most of the new features and fixes are implemented upstream at encfs: https://github.com/vgough/encfs. I recommend submitting a feature request issue on that project and see what they can do.

I found a related issue that already exists on the project: https://github.com/vgough/encfs/issues/7. It might be a good place to start discussing different options for shorter filenames.

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