[tomboy-list] Encrypted notes with encfs and Ubuntu One

[Jared Jennings]

Oh! so you are not using the Sync service included in Tomboy, but instead
using the UbuntuOne agent that handles the file sync to the cloud. Correct?

-Jared


On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Andreas F <andreas1234567 at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> > [jaredljennings at gmail.com]
>
> > Yup, I use Ubuntu One and it works very well. Although how does that
> > help here. Your note when sent to UO would be decrypted when leaving
> > your drive and then sent to UO in a decrypted format.
>
> No Jared, I think you misunderstand.  This is encryption on a file
> system level, not on disk level.  Only encrypted data is sent to and
> retrieved from the cloud.
>
> My data (i.e. Tomboy notes) is stored unencrypted in one folder
> (e.g. ~/Cloud/). This folder is then "mirrored" by encfs to a second
> folder (e.g. ~/Ubuntu\ One/Clouded). Encfs makes sure that the
> "Clouded" directory tree always represents a 1:1 copy of the same
> files with one important property: Each file in "Cloud" has a
> corresponding encrypted file in "Clouded".
>
> The "Clouded" directory is the *only* of the two directories above to
> be sync'ed with the cloud service (Ubuntu One in this example). This
> ensures only encrypted data is sent to and retrieved from the cloud.
>
> I have included the below to illustrate the setup.  In this example I
> pull encrypted data from the cloud and decrypt it:
>
> # List of encrypted files - sync'ed to the cloud
> find /home/aff/Ubuntu\ One/Clouded/ | head
> /home/aff/Ubuntu One/Clouded/
> /home/aff/Ubuntu One/Clouded/.encfs6.xml
> /home/aff/Ubuntu One/Clouded/R-2zpYQUdEoyeAHfT6kJniNL
> /home/aff/Ubuntu
> One/Clouded/R-2zpYQUdEoyeAHfT6kJniNL/TE1eiHr,I778leqfDPDuNmpf
> /home/aff/Ubuntu
> One/Clouded/R-2zpYQUdEoyeAHfT6kJniNL/TE1eiHr,I778leqfDPDuNmpf/mKSGgCMsh2M6hz67tDBhWw5a9BUd5DAcRa0XWv57w2Sur-
> /home/aff/Ubuntu
> One/Clouded/R-2zpYQUdEoyeAHfT6kJniNL/TE1eiHr,I778leqfDPDuNmpf/-lxz,Q2VfLVoICa6JOstBe1EDolIN8J6LQn3e5d0a3UM-JMO41eIRiQ24JumoJq5SL6
>
> # Directory "Cloud" initially empty
> $ find ~/Cloud/
>
> # Decrypt the encrypted data
> $ encfs -o nonempty ~/Ubuntu\ One/Clouded ~/Cloud
> EncFS Password:
>
> # List of decrypted files
> $ find ~/Cloud/ | head
> /home/aff/Cloud/tomboy/
> /home/aff/Cloud/tomboy/manifest.xml
> /home/aff/Cloud/tomboy/0
> /home/aff/Cloud/tomboy/0/0
> /home/aff/Cloud/tomboy/0/0/24676d50-4cdd-4d0f-9a21-fac19d3774c8.note
> /home/aff/Cloud/tomboy/0/0/7e36d622-8542-48d4-8ada-7c7d3803649f.note
> /home/aff/Cloud/tomboy/0/0/c44e3ab2-d20e-4d2c-97b3-b00598d625fd.note
>
> Best regards,
> Andreas
> --
>
>
>
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