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Since the death of TrueCrypt, I've been using VeraCrypt (https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/ https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/). It's cross-platform FOSS instead of

by skrowl 11y ago

Since the death of TrueCrypt, I've been using VeraCrypt (https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/ https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/). It's cross-platform FOSS instead of the "Hey, buy now!" BestCrypt that this article is pushing.

sliverstorm 11y ago
BestCrypt sounds like it's cross-platform, at least.
- egb 11y ago
  VeraCrypt https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Downloads https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Downloads seems to have Linux and OSX as well as Windows - or is there something else going on?
  - bgroins 11y ago
    "BIOS mode only, UEFI/GPT not supported" It's getting increasingly difficult to buy a Windows computer that's not UEFI/GPT, so no OS level encryption.
- Llevel 11y ago
  Their store looks like they only have volume encryption on Windows, and container encryption for Mac, Linux and Windows, unless I'm mistaken. https://www.jetico.com/online-shop/shop/index/all-products https://www.jetico.com/online-shop/shop/index/all-products
  - sliverstorm 11y ago
    A-ha, I missed that distinction.
kijin 11y ago
VeraCrypt looks good, but incompatibility with TrueCrypt volumes makes me uncomfortable with switching. I've also looked at CipherShed and DiskCryptor, but the fragmentation gives me no assurance that I'll be able to access my encrypted volumes several years from now. So I'm still stuck with TrueCrypt 7.1a. After all, it's the only disk encryption software for Windows that has been independently audited. None of the purported replacements and proprietary alternatives can lay claim to that distinction, no matter how much Bruce Schneier might personally trust the developers.
- ikeboy 11y ago
  Veracrypt now has a truecrypt mode, which can read truecrypt volumes. I believe it can also convert them to Veracrypt ones by changing the algo then unchecking truecrypt mode.
- userulluipeste 11y ago
  I've found about DiskCryptor trough ReactOS driver signing page: https://reactos.org/wiki/Driver_Signing https://reactos.org/wiki/Driver_Signing They say that they review the code the result of which they offer signature for. Is or isn't that enough for "independently audited" label?
  - kijin 11y ago
    Review != security audit.

by skrowl 11y ago

sliverstorm 11y ago

BestCrypt sounds like it's cross-platform, at least.

egb 11y ago
VeraCrypt https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Downloads https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Downloads seems to have Linux and OSX as well as Windows - or is there something else going on?
- bgroins 11y ago
  "BIOS mode only, UEFI/GPT not supported" It's getting increasingly difficult to buy a Windows computer that's not UEFI/GPT, so no OS level encryption.
Llevel 11y ago
Their store looks like they only have volume encryption on Windows, and container encryption for Mac, Linux and Windows, unless I'm mistaken. https://www.jetico.com/online-shop/shop/index/all-products https://www.jetico.com/online-shop/shop/index/all-products
- sliverstorm 11y ago
  A-ha, I missed that distinction.

kijin 11y ago

VeraCrypt looks good, but incompatibility with TrueCrypt volumes makes me uncomfortable with switching. I've also looked at CipherShed and DiskCryptor, but the fragmentation gives me no assurance that I'll be able to access my encrypted volumes several years from now. So I'm still stuck with TrueCrypt 7.1a. After all, it's the only disk encryption software for Windows that has been independently audited. None of the purported replacements and proprietary alternatives can lay claim to that distinction, no matter how much Bruce Schneier might personally trust the developers.

ikeboy 11y ago
Veracrypt now has a truecrypt mode, which can read truecrypt volumes. I believe it can also convert them to Veracrypt ones by changing the algo then unchecking truecrypt mode.
userulluipeste 11y ago
I've found about DiskCryptor trough ReactOS driver signing page: https://reactos.org/wiki/Driver_Signing https://reactos.org/wiki/Driver_Signing They say that they review the code the result of which they offer signature for. Is or isn't that enough for "independently audited" label?
- kijin 11y ago
  Review != security audit.