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I remember TrueCrypt from several years ago when I was looking into various options for encryption. Haven't used encryption for a while, but if this is true, i

I remember TrueCrypt from several years ago when I was looking into various options for encryption. Haven't used encryption for a while, but if this is true, is there now an encryption software/service that doesn't involve being authored by a large corporation in the country that gave us the NSA, and which allows things like hidden volumes/partitions, algorithm choices, and use with various portable devices?

byuu 12y ago
FreeBSD has GEOM/geli, which is a block-level (sub-filesystem) encryption method written by Paweł Jakub Dawidek (a Pole). It allows your choice of several data integrity verification algorithms, several encryption algorithms, and the usage of zero or more key files and/or a passphrase. And you can use it on external devices if you like. Also supports hardware acceleration via AES/NI with recent Intel CPUs. Since it's block-level, you can use any filesystem you like. Since it's BSD, you might as well use ZFS (but don't use data integrity verification if you do, since ZFS has that built in.) Downside is that you have to use FreeBSD to get it. Upside is that you get to use FreeBSD =)