Maybe we had this discussion before and I missed it. I did a Google search
and didn't find it. Anyway, here is my question...

I want to create one encrypted folder on my hard drive. I don't necessarily
need heavy-duty industrial-strength encryption, but "secure" is nice.
Reliability is very important - I don't want it to break so I wind up
losing data.

In the past I've used TrueCrypt, and I didn't have to search long to find
this page:

https://wiki.debian.org/TrueCrypt/Install/Wheezy

For those too lazy to click the link, it says that TrueCrypt is still
available but no longer under active development. There is a link to some
downloadable tar archives on SourceForge. From the looks of it, there are
NO dependencies, and since there is no further development there should be
no danger that TrueCrypt will get Potterized.

It also says on that page that there newer alternatives to TrueCrypt,
ie cryptsetup/LUKS and EncFS. Both of those packages have some
dependencies, which is why I hesitate. I can easily envision a future
scenario where udev (and thus systemd) suddenly become mandatory, or else
forget being able to access your data.

So I'm wondering, am I right to just go with TrueCrypt, or am I being
ridiculously paranoid? And what are we planning to do with Devuan.

Again, apologies if it was already discussed.

cheers,
Robert