Article 6GKYQ Can we decrypt a file system using older version of EncFS

Can we decrypt a file system using older version of EncFS

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Hi All,

Can we decrypt a file system using an older version of encfs than that was encrypted?

I have a specific scenario where the encryption was done by using the encfs 1.9.5 version and the decryption needs to be done by using encfs version 1.7.4.

Does this scenario work?

Details:

Encrypted directory info from EcFS 1.9.5

Quote:
Version 6 configuration; created by EncFS 1.9.5 (revision 20100713)
Filesystem cipher: "ssl/aes", version 3:0:0 (using 3:0:2)
Filename encoding: "nameio/block", version 4:0:0 (using 4:0:2)
Key Size: 256 bits
Using PBKDF2, with 243692 iterations
Salt Size: 160 bits
Block Size: 4096 bytes, including 16 byte MAC header
Filenames encoded using IV chaining mode.
File holes passed through to ciphertext.
Encrypted directory info from EcFS 1.7.4

Quote:
Version 6 configuration; created by EncFS 1.7.4 (revision 20100713)
Filesystem cipher: "ssl/aes", version 3:0:0 (using 3:0:2)
Filename encoding: "nameio/block", version 3:0:0 (using 3:0:1)
Key Size: 256 bits
Using PBKDF2, with 117782 iterations
Salt Size: 160 bits
Block Size: 4096 bytes, including 16 byte MAC header
Filenames encoded using IV chaining mode.
File holes passed through to ciphertext.
Please share your thoughts.
Thanks
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