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diff --git a/docs/comparison.md b/docs/comparison.md index 2a4eeb7..794ccc5 100644 --- a/docs/comparison.md +++ b/docs/comparison.md @@ -55,10 +55,11 @@ it seems to describe the used crypto. File Contents ------------- -| | gocryptfs | encfs default | encfs paranoia | ecryptfs | cryptomator | -| ---------- | --------- | --------------------------- | --------------------------- | -------- | ------------------ | -| Encryption | GCM | CBC; CFB for last block [1] | CBC; CFB for last block [1] | CBC | CTR with random IV | -| Integrity | GCM | none | HMAC | none | HMAC | +| | gocryptfs | encfs default | encfs paranoia | ecryptfs | cryptomator | +| --------------------- | --------- | --------------------------- | --------------------------- | --------------------- | -------------------- | +| Encryption | GCM | CBC; CFB for last block [1] | CBC; CFB for last block [1] | CBC | CTR with random IV | +| Integrity | GCM | none | HMAC | none | HMAC | +| File size obfuscation | no | no | no | yes (4 KB increments) | yes (random padding) | References: [[1]](https://github.com/vgough/encfs/issues/9) @@ -77,17 +78,42 @@ References: [[2]](https://gist.github.com/rfjakob/61a17bf3c7eb9932d791) [[3]](https://github.com/cryptomator/cryptomator/issues/128) +Performance +----------- + +All tests are run on tmpfs rule out any influence of the hard disk. +The CPU is an Intel Pentium G630 with 2 x 2.7GHz. + +| | gocryptfs | encfs default | encfs paranoia | ecryptfs | cryptomator | +| ------------------------ | --------- | ------------- | -------------- | -------- | ------------- | +| Streaming write | 84 MB/s | 104 MB/s | 56 MB/s | 130 MB/s | 55 MB/s | +| Extract linux-3.0.tar.gz | 48 s [4] | 20 s | 23 s | 8.4 s | 468 s [1] [2] | +| ls -lR linux-3.0 | 1.9 s | 2.8 s | 2.8 s | 0.5 s | 127 s [3] | +| Delete linux-3.0 | 4.5 s | 3.9 s | 4.1 s | 0.5 s | 376 s [3] | + + +Notes: + +[1] All file acesses to cryptomator go through the WebDAV protocol, which is less performance-oriented than FUSE. +However, an optimized WebDAV client may be able to significantly speed up small-file workloads. + +[2] Tested with the dave cli WebDAV client, which gave better speed than gvfs (Gnome built-in) and davfs2 + +[3] Tested with gvfs in the `/run/user/.../gvfs/dav:...` mount + +[4] See [gocryptfs ticket#16](https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/issues/16) + + Disk Space Efficiency --------------------- (all file sizes in bytes) -| | gocryptfs | encfs default | encfs paranoia | ecryptfs | cryptomator | -| ----------------- | --------- | ------------- | -------------- | -------- | ------------------ | -| Empty file | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8192 | ~104 - 4231 | -| 1 byte file | 51 | 9 | 17 | 12288 | ~104 - 4231 | -| 1000000 byte file | 1007858 | 1000008 | 1007888 | 1011712 | ~1001161 - 1100936 | -| | | | | | | +| | gocryptfs | encfs default | encfs paranoia | ecryptfs | cryptomator | +| -------------------- | --------- | ------------- | -------------- | -------- | ----------------- | +| Empty file | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8192 | 104 - 4231 | +| 1 byte file | 51 | 9 | 17 | 12288 | 104 - 4231 | +| 1,000,000 bytes file | 1007858 | 1000008 | 1007888 | 1011712 | 1001161 - 1100936 | +| | | | | | | -Note: cryptomator obfuscates the real file size by adding a random padding which -is why the resulting size is non-deterministic.
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