Boxcryptor and BoxNet

GlennB

I am using Boxcryptor 1.4 (Unlimited) and havve no problem with making/opening encrypted folders in Dropbox, SkyDrive or even Google Drive. I am haveing problems with BoxNet however.
If I create an encrypted folder in my BoxNet folder on my computer here at work everything goes normally. The folder is usuable. When this folder is synced to my home computer though I am unable to open it - BoxCryptor says it is not a valid folder of is still being synced (it isn't). The reverse also applies - folder created at home is unreadable after being synced and tried at work.

Robert

Hi Glenn,

Unfortunately, Box.net Sync does not sync all files and our configuration file .encfs6.xml is excluded from syncing because it begins with a dot. We'll be tackling this problem in upcoming versions of BoxCryptor. Until then, you can use BoxCryptor also with Box.net by using an alternative configuration file name. We have posted information about this in our Knowledge Base:

https://boxcryptor.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/678124-boxcryptor-with-box-net

Best,
Robert

smacmillan

FWIW there is a workaround that lets Box.net work with BoxCryptor in Windows and in the BoxCryptor Android app. The following worked for me with a Boxcryptor folder created via the instructions linked from Robert's post. Boxcryptor's Android app happily recognized the resulting folder and let me upload/edit encrypted files that synced to my Windows PC.

The issue is Box.net's inability to sync files beginning with a dot. I.e. the locally-created configuration file won't upload to Box. Consequently BoxCryptor on another PC (or in Android) won't recognize the BoxCryptor folder in Box. Robert's linked instructions provide for renaming the configuration file, but BoxCryptor's android app doesn't currently recognize anything but the default name.

Box seems to have no problem with storing files with names that start with a dot -- once you get them to Box's server.

Solution: Make a copy of your locally-created ".encfs6.xml" file and change the name by deleting the dot. Upload that to the Boxcryptor folder and then use Box's web interface to change the file name by adding back the dot.