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diff --git a/Documentation/SECURITY.md b/Documentation/SECURITY.md index e9e1015..003eadb 100644 --- a/Documentation/SECURITY.md +++ b/Documentation/SECURITY.md @@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ File Names Every directory gets a 128-bit directory IV that is stored in each directory as `gocryptfs.diriv`. -File names are encrypted using AES-256-CBC with the directory IV. +File names are encrypted using AES-256-CBC with the directory IV as +initialization vector. The Base64 encoding limits the usable filename length +to 176 characters. ![](https://rawgit.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/master/Documentation/file-name-encryption.svg) |