Hi, I'm a new user to BoxCryptor. It theoretically should do exactly what I want, but I'm having some trouble. I've got 8 files. One of them, my contacts flat-file database, is 5.6mb. On my 2nd computer, I can see all the files except my contacts database. Even after hours have passed, and a reboot has taken place. On my first computer, I see in my encrypted folder my database 5,637KB: AMNkTRxhk6HPVC6dck9 AMNkTRxhk6HPVC6dck9 (hydra01's conflicted copy 2011-09-27 (1)) AMNkTRxhk6HPVC6dck9 (hydra01's conflicted copy 2011-09-27) AMNkTRxhk6HPVC6dck9 (hydra01's conflicted copy 2011-09-30) But in my decrypted drive, I see only Contacts.fp3 5,637KB. How do I get box cryptor to show my Contacts database at all on my 2nd computer? How do I get Box Cryptor to show me the conflicted copies of my database on the first computer? And how did these conflicts happen? I've never used this file on the 2nd computer because I can't see it there! I have opened and closed this file on computer #1 and saved changes each time, but how would that create conflicts if it's all the same machine? What does the advanced option "Enable write validation" do? Would that reduce my number of conflicts?

Conflicted and Missing Files

stefan2

Hi, I'm a new user to BoxCryptor. It theoretically should do exactly what I want, but I'm having some trouble. I've got 8 files. One of them, my contacts flat-file database, is 5.6mb. On my 2nd computer, I can see all the files except my contacts database. Even after hours have passed, and a reboot has taken place. On my first computer, I see in my encrypted folder my database 5,637KB:

AMNkTRxhk6HPVC6dck9
AMNkTRxhk6HPVC6dck9 (hydra01's conflicted copy 2011-09-27 (1))
AMNkTRxhk6HPVC6dck9 (hydra01's conflicted copy 2011-09-27)
AMNkTRxhk6HPVC6dck9 (hydra01's conflicted copy 2011-09-30)

But in my decrypted drive, I see only Contacts.fp3 5,637KB.

How do I get box cryptor to show my Contacts database at all on my 2nd computer? How do I get Box Cryptor to show me the conflicted copies of my database on the first computer?

And how did these conflicts happen? I've never used this file on the 2nd computer because I can't see it there! I have opened and closed this file on computer #1 and saved changes each time, but how would that create conflicts if it's all the same machine?

What does the advanced option "Enable write validation" do? Would that reduce my number of conflicts?

Robert

Hi Stefan,

1) Is the encrypted version of your Contacts.fp3 file (AMN....) correctly synced on your 2nd computer and exists in your encrypted folder over there?

2) The conflicted copies are not shown in the BoxCryptor drive, because BoxCryptor only shows files who's filenames can be correctly decrypted. The filenames of the conflicted copies can not be correctly decrypted due to the additional "(hydra01's conflicted copy....)" in the filename. You can access these files in the BoxCryptor drive again if you remove this additional part, so that the filename can be decrypted again.

(The upcoming version 1.1 of BoxCryptor will offer a better handling of those conflicted copies. These files will then also be shown in the BoxCryptor drive.)

3) I cannot tell you how the conflicts did happen. Maybe you can check the Events page on the Dropbox website to see who and how the file got changed and how the conflicts might have happened. BoxCryptor does not cause any conflicts.

4) "Enable write validation" is a relict from the beta phase and will be removed in the next version. With this option enabled, BoxCryptor validates all written data. After each write operation, BoxCryptor reads the data again and compares it with the original data. Now, the encryption algorithm is stable and extremely well tested so that this option is not required anymore. This option has no impact on the number of conflicts.

--Robert

stefan2

1) On the 2nd computer, the encrypted version of Contacts.fp3 with the AMN... title appears to be fully synced, and the correct size in kilobytes. But BoxCryptor won't pick it up. (I didn't mention 3rd computer because I'd forgotten, but it also had trouble syncing that same file, but eventually it got it, not sure how; I restarted box cryptor and dropbox and rebooted, but not sure what actually fixed it, maybe just time). 2nd computer still hasn't synced even though it's been a day, and the encrypted file appears fine, and restarts, etc.

2) Thanks very much. Very helpful. If I would choose to not use filename encryption (which I saw mentioned somewhere on these forums, but I'm not sure how to do) then could I access the conflicted files?

3) OK. Understood that this isn't your deal. The "Events page" isn't helpful, it just says things like: " You added the file AMNkTRxhk6HPVC6dck9 (hydra01's conf...1-09-27 (1)). 9/27/2011 3:48 AM
You added the file AMNkTRxhk6HPVC6dck9 (hydra01's conf... 2011-09-27). 9/27/2011 3:48 AM"

4) Ah, thanks for the info.

FWIW I will also mention that the 3rd computer's name is bootcampxp, and in addition to .encfs6.xml there's ".encfs6 (bootcampxp's conflicted copy 2011-09-23).xml"
Diffing these files I see .encfs6.xml creator is "BoxCryptor 1.0.0.0" and the conflicted one is "BoxCryptor 1.0.9.1", and the encodedKeyData and saltData values are different.

stefan2

1) Contacts.fp3 eventually showed up after a day or two. Not sure if anything I did had anything to do with it or not. (the AMN... file had been synced for a while before it appeared.)

stefan2

2) Was able to view all the conflicted copies by renaming them. Not ideal but glad to have the workaround.