Portable gocryptfs

[pdroalves]

I would like to add some files encrypted with gocryptfs to a pendrive and keep a portable installation of gocryptfs to make it easy to decrypt those files in a non-previously set computer.

I couldn't find instructions about it. Is it possible?

[rfjakob]

Yes, no problem. Compile using "./build-without-openssl.bash". The resulting "gocryptfs" binary has no dependencies and runs on any 64-bit linux computer.

[yonderblue]

It would be great if stupidgcm was its own pkg that we could use in other projects.

[rfjakob]

@Gaillard Thinking about it. Just out of interest, what project do you have in mind?

[yonderblue]

Actually with the pending patch here golang/go#18498 I probably wouldn't end up using it. But if that doesn't go through, the small patch for stupidgcm would be preferable to the heavier spacemonkey's openssl.

[rfjakob]

Hmm, given that even spacemonkey-openssl does not get used much I guess stupidgcm would not fare much better. Probably the only user besides gocryptfs will be you, until the ARM64 assembly is merged ;)

I think it makes more sense if you just copy the "stupidgcm" folder into your project. I have just dropped the only dependency it had (a659657).

[rfjakob]

BTW I created stupidgcm because spacemonkey-openssl added a 0.5-seconds startup delay. I don't know if that has changed by now.

[yonderblue]

Much appreciated thanks :)