Is anyone working on an encfs client for windows?

Question

I've been looking into encfs as a solution to encrypt my personal data. However I want to access this data both on Linux and Windows on different machines (synced through Dropbox). So far all Google searches have brought up pages which specify that there is no Windows client that reads encfs. Therefore my question is: is anyone working on a Windows client for encfs?

It would be really useful if someone was and it seems to be a common enough issue raised that I have a glimmer of hope that someone might be working on it.

Answer 1

Since encfs is built on top of fuse, the obvious way would be to port it to a fuse driver for Windows. Apparently the two most likely possibilities are Dokan and Eldos Callback Filesystem, though neither currently advertises encfs support.

In the meantime, an alternative would be to run a tiny Linux file server inside a virtual machine or with Colinux.

An encrypted filesystem that is supported by both Windows and Linux is Truecrypt. Synchronization via Dropbox is likely to be a lot more expensive than with encfs, but it might still be doable if your files are small enough.

Answer 2

Try encfs4win. Its free and I have been using it for some time now

Answer 3

Frediano Ziglio announced a alpha of encfs4win on the basis of Dokan:

• http://groups.google.com/group/dokan/browse_thread/thread/27a58326f733572e/a533b59d8ed374f4
• http://members.ferrara.linux.it/freddy77/encfs.html
• http://gitorious.org/encfs4win

Answer 4

You might take a look at http://boxcryptor.com/ which uses Dokan to implement a encfs compatible file system and integrates with Dropbox. It's still in early beta, but really worth a look.

Answer 5

I just installed encfs4win on a Win7 box - and it works. Truecrypt worked for a while, then wouldn't open the file from one machine - while still opening it from another. Flaky. I like that encfs is open source and more likely to be around in 5-10 years (imo).