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TrueCrypt is also opensource: http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads2 http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads2 The security assessment is for the Windows version of Tru
by ewams 12y ago
TrueCrypt is also opensource: http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads2 http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads2
The security assessment is for the Windows version of TrueCrypt only. Which also answers your question, TrueCrypt is appealing because it works on *nix, BSD, and Windows. It is also free and open source. The Windows version is easy to use, has a nice GUI and actually works as stated.
- Buge 12y agoThe license has been criticized as not being truly "Open Source" or "free". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueCrypt#Licensing_and_Open_Source_status https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueCrypt#Licensing_and_Open_S... Wikipedia lists it as "source-available".