[Owncloud] encryption throught webdav with ecryptfs

[Jörn Friedrich Dreyer]

I was reading up on using ecryptfs to encrypt some of my files in my 
~./owncloud foulder mounted with webdav. It turns out there is a bug lurking 
around that might make it impossible for now: 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/277578

I also came across a nice article on how ecryptfs works: 
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9400

It describes some of the design goals like sharing encrypted files so I thought 
I'd point out on the list that there has already been done a lot of work in 
that direction. Unfortunately, I did not find a php implementation for 
ecryptfs, but I think owncloud and ecryptfs are trying to achieve the same 
goal here.

What is the status for public private key based encrypted sharing anyway?

My idea was to add a webdav url that revealed the files encrypted, so the 
client could take care of de/encrypting the files. I first thought of TrueCrypt, 
but it only works on partitions / containers. Ecryptfs, however, only is a 
solution for linux based systems. That is why I was looking for an 
implementation in php so users could just add 


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