[TriLUG] best encryption solution for encrypting source control?

Roger RogerB at bronord.com
Thu Feb 5 11:20:33 EST 2015


How about a shared repository at Spideroak? Files are locally encrypted/decrypted and then synched, like drop box. Free for <2GB. Cross platform.

On February 5, 2015 11:08:33 AM EST, Tim Jowers <timjowers at gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I realized a few months ago one of my source control hosts may allow
>access
>without proper authentication to one of my repos. I want to eliminate
>this
>risk in the future.
>
>Does anyone have a recommendation for a good encryption solution?  I
>want
>two things.
>1. My user account can provide a password to decrypt files. During my
>login
>session, the files are accessed decrypted. Maybe LUKS?
>https://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/ Anyone use it?
>2. Each file can be decrypted individually. That is, I can commit the
>encrypted file into source control. Later someone else can retrieve the
>decrypted file and, if they have the password, decrypt.
>Does anyone do something like this now? It seems like I might could
>setup
>an encrypted disk, make that my source control master, and then
>commit/retrieve from there. But I want to commit/retrieve the encrypted
>files. If that makes sense. Maybe something like this:
>
>/dev/md0 -> install LUKS?
>put source control "repos" directory on there.
>userA commits and retrieves from repos but works with encrypted files
>only.
>possible?
>userA retrieves files into "working" folder.
>userB  works with "working" folder on the encrypted fs and files are
>decrypted/encrypted magically.
>Would that work?
>
>Thanks,
>Tim
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