[alist as a private cloud] new drvier - Rclone Crypt compatible Encryption Driver

[SeanHeuc]

Hi guys,

I implemented the a new driver: RcloneCrypt. it came from Rclone Project: https://rclone.org/crypt/
it's working as transarent Encrytion/Decrytion Layer.

RcloneCrypt Storage:

Remote Storage(encrypted):

all data is available transparently to Alist

the beta version is availble from
https://github.com/seanhe26/alist-private-cloud

I'll update the fork repo with roadmaps. the target is Alist as a private cloud platform

I'm looking for volunteers to test and report bugs to me, pls reply this topic with your contact, (use base64 to protect your info)

[SeanHeuc]

@xhofe i did make some breaking change for the new driver, pls take a look if u have time. I think those changes are necessary, and will be helpful for other future features.

[xhofe]

LGTM, I'll take a look

[xhofe]

You could create a draft PR first so that more people could join the review

[anwen-anyi]

Do you need a foundation that can use Rclone?

I don't know how to fill in the parameters inside because I don't know how to use Rclone 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[anwen-anyi]

it's rclone crypt compatible, u can refer to their document on the parameter definition. this driver will work without rclone, both encrypt and decrypt

I seem to understand some. I need to use RCLONE to encrypt locally, and then upload it to the driver. Is it used like this?
If that's the case, I don't seem to have rclone encrypted files

[SeanHeuc]

it's working as a transparent layer, u can directly upload to this driver's mount path, then file will be stored encrypted in the remote. u can download from driver's mount path, which is decrypted data from remote storage. the concept is end-to-end encryption, u always have raw file while remote cloud storage only have encrypted data

[anwen-anyi]

Please check the private message of TG, I have left a message to you ~ @seanhe26 😹 ❤️

[SeanHeuc]

hi, i did not see ur reply on telegram, my id is c2VhbjI2Ng== (base64). do we have a dev/test group?

[anwen-anyi]

hi, i did not see ur reply on telegram, my id is c2VhbjI2Ng== (base64). do we have a dev/test group?

Yes,in AList My Name is 安稳|有问题看文档你问的问题文档都有

[luneew]

Looks fine and it works as a virtual driver layer. However, what happens to the original unencrypted file and should it be filtered out or displayed transparently. In addition, we should have a more general way to judge whether a file/folder is encrypted or not.

[SeanHeuc]

my personal idea is keep it as it is for the encrypted files in the remote storage. it gives people the flexibility to be creative about the data. e.g. a group of people sharing files with the same password, they might want to copy/move/share the raw encrypted data.

same for identifing the encrypted folder/files, give people the freedom, it's also the how rclone deal with this.

[SeanHeuc]

some important fix is applied today, also a preview PR is submitted, now I could really use some help in testing.
PR: #4797