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authorJakob Unterwurzacher2016-05-11 23:36:57 +0200
committerJakob Unterwurzacher2016-05-12 00:42:42 +0200
commit49b597f07c07bde6a2feb1f32f02fcaf34daf365 (patch)
tree3e2458fd8245c5610e3dcdf439f6da96e20ac06a /Documentation
parent384342fa5bde0f1d94da2eae865617f5ea936546 (diff)
prefer_openssl: autodetect whether to use OpenSSL or Go GCM
Go GCM is faster than OpenSSL if the CPU has AES instructions and you are running Go 1.6+. The "-openssl" option now defaults to "auto". "gocryptfs -debug -version" displays the result of the autodetection. See https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/issues/23 for details and benchmarks.
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@@ -96,8 +96,10 @@ continue be printed to stdout and stderr.
used internally for daemonization.
**-openssl bool**
-: Use OpenSSL instead of built-in Go crypto (default true). Using
-built-in crypto is 4x slower.
+: Use OpenSSL instead of built-in Go crypto (default "auto"). Using
+built-in crypto is 4x slower unless you CPU has AES instructions and
+you are using Go 1.6+. In mode "auto", gocrypts chooses the faster
+option.
**-passwd**
: Change password