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diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md index 755f510..166f0f8 100644 --- a/docs/index.md +++ b/docs/index.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -gocryptfs - An encrypted filesystem written in Go -================================================= +gocryptfs - simple. secure. fast. +================================= gocryptfs uses file-based encryption that is implemented as a mountable FUSE filesystem. @@ -17,16 +17,20 @@ by the available disk space.  This project was inspired by EncFS and strives to fix its security -issues while providing good performance. -See the [Security](security) page for details on gocryptfs's cryptographic -design. +issues while providing good performance, +see the [Comparison](comparison) page for benchmarks. +The [Security](security) page details gocryptfs's cryptographic design. +The highlights are: Scrypt password hashing, GCM encryption for all +file contents, EME wide-block encryption for file names with a per-directory +IV. gocryptfs is a young project. While bugs in any software can cause issues, bugs in encryption software can cause catastrophic data loss. Keep a backup of your gocryptfs filesystem *and* store a copy of your master key (printed on mount) in a safe place. -Only Linux is supported at the moment. Help is wanted for a Mac OS X port. -Please contact me by filing an issue on the -[github project](https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs). +Only Linux is supported at the moment. Help is wanted for a Mac OS X port, +please chime in in the ["Mac OS X support" ticket](https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/issues/15) +if you are interested. +gocryptfs is, and always will be, free software. |