Re: how to external encrypted drive that supports OpenBSD and FreeBSD?

Or you could use ext2fs, which is rw supported both on OpenBSD and
FreeBSD, and is much more suitable than VFAT from a UNIX standpoint.
FUSE is very slow on OpenBSD.

Cheers,

Noth

On 01/03/2024 18:16, Stefan Kreutz wrote:
> Depending on your needs, you could use a FUSE-based solution like encfs.
> There are numerous alternatives such as gocryptfs, or ecryptfs but AFAIK
> they don't work with OpenBSD's FUSE implementation.
>
> Rclone supports encrypted remotes. Without FUSE you'd need to copy files
> manually, though.
>
> You could also have a look at VeraCrypt.
>
> On Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at 04:50:01PM -0000, beecdaddict@danwin1210.de wrote:
>> hi list
>> do you have any recommendation? internet can't find my answer
>>
>> drive is external usb and it has to be encrypted..
>> something that can also supports freeBSD is what I need
>> fast solution is fat32, but how do I encrypt it? freebsd doesn't have
>> softraid or bioctl
>>