Is an alternate file name encryption method still in the works

[Splokev]

Hello,

I use Rclone every day and love it. One problem that I frequently run into is how long the names of encrypted files can get.

I remember reading a while back that there was discussion of implementing some other form of file name encryption that would use a map file in order to keep track of the file's metadata, so that random short names could be used.
I was wondering if this is something that we still may see eventually, or if it was ruled out as being too unwieldy.

Thanks

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@Splokev

I use Rclone every day and love it. One problem that I frequently run into is how long the names of encrypted files can get.

If you are using dropbox/onedrive then base32768 name encoding helps a lot.

@Splokev

I remember reading a while back that there was discussion of implementing some other form of file name encryption that would use a map file in order to keep track of the file's metadata, so that random short names could be used.

We haven't done that yet.

However there is an in progress PR to implement cryptomator vaults which does do exactly that I believe.

The disadvantage is that it slows certain operations down a lot.