From 1f532633029c6e0cbb1917fb5a2f64c63c555363 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Exelbierd Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 21:12:24 +0200 Subject: Created Best Practices (markdown) --- Best-Practices.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Best-Practices.md diff --git a/Best-Practices.md b/Best-Practices.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f16561a --- /dev/null +++ b/Best-Practices.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +A collection of wisdom and best practices. Use this after careful consideration! + +* Don't backup your `gocryptfs.conf` file to public sources. + + See [https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/issues/50](Issue 50) for reasons. In short, you should consider not saving this file in public cloud-style backups and instead make sure you have backed it up elsewhere and stored your master key (visible when you ran `gocryptfs -init`). + +* Do backup you `gocryptfs.diriv` + + This file isn't secret. See [https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/issues/37](Issue 37). + +* Use a strong passphrase/password! + + See https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/wiki/Password-Strength for more details \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3