cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/1034471
I have a bit of data that has to be encrypted and stored into a file so that it can be moved across file systems and possibly OSes. Disk encryption like dm-crypt and a loop device isn’t appropriate as it may not exist on another OS.
It’s been a very long time since I needed this sort of software. More than a decade ago I used TrueCrypt. I know that VeraCrypt is the current re-incarnationn of the project. Is that still the go-to software for this sort of application? Is there something else that’s popular these days?
Yep, Veracrypt is my go to
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/encryption this has some other options you might be interested in
You could use something like Cryptomator, but it’s more focused around cloud. Veracrypt is still the go-to for offline encryption.
I use both VeraCrypt and Cryptomator.
Cryptomator works best for cloud storage but I have a few local stored Cryptomator vaults and they work beautifully.
If that’s useful to you, you can sync AND E2E encrypt with rclone and some cloud storage.
I usually use 7-Zip with AES-256 encryption.
Otherwise, it seems like Veracrypt is still the de facto standard for file based encryption.
Picocrypt seems to be promising too: https://github.com/HACKERALERT/Picocrypt
Lots of options available. You could just create a tar or zip archive and run it through gpg encryption. You could use something like duplicity which can do that for you, is cross platform and works with a lot of cloud services. Borg and restic also come to mind.
