ecryptfs alternatives

[Kamil Paral]

> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 10:33:34PM +0100, Michał Piotrowski wrote:
> > The beauty of ecryptfs is that I can encrypt one dir - not whole file
> > system.
> 
> What's the concern with encrypting the whole filesystem?  It's better
> for you because you leave significant personal information all over
> the disk, eg in log files in /var/log, in /etc files.  Performance-
> wise it's not IMHO noticeable.

I use ecryptfs for Dropbox synchronization. I let it synchronize the encrypted folder and decrypt it on my clients. Very useful. A simple and convenient way how to synchronize private data.