05 Jan 2017

A question about : TrueCrypt Alternative Data Encryption

I note the publishers of TrueCrypt have terminated support for the program and the subsequent rumors of a NSA infiltration into the team and a possible back-door into the password. I was content to continue using it because there is no suggestion yet that anyone other than the NSA can gain unorthorised access and I don't care if the NSA see what I have.
However an alternative just came to my attention called Toolwiz BSafe and I was wondering if anyone has heard of any security issues related to that software as I am considering using it instead.

Best answers:

  • If you still want to use TrueCrypt there is VeraCrypt, it's a project that was forked from TrueCrypt and addresses some of the weaknesses of TrueCrypt: https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/
    Alternatively:
    If you have Windows 7/8 you can use the built in encryption: https://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/w...#1TC=windows-7
    Or Bitlocker if you have Windows 8.1 EE or Pro:
    https://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/w...#1TC=windows-8
  • I am still using Truecrypt 7.1a, and expect to be doing so for quite some time.
    Have a read of Steve Gibson's take on the matter...
  • Snowden's gleened reports say in 2012 Trucrypt was still counted by the NSA as one of the "most wanted - verboten" list, so it may not be that unsecure
    https://www.csoonline.com/article/286...t-in-2012.html
  • I swapped from Truecrypt to DiskCryptor on my Win7 laptop recently. I use whole drive encryption.
    I'd tried VeraCrypt but it took about 10 minutes to authenticate the boot password so was useless.
    DiskCryptor is much faster for me on my slow laptop as it offers Serpent encryption (along with AES and Twofish) which is 3x faster than AES according to DiskCryptor's built-in benchmarking.
  • I use EcryptFS for my home directory, EncFS for external backups.
    I used to use TrueCrypt some time ago, but I don't like the idea of containers which cannot be resized.
    I wouldn't trust any closed source encryption software, especially from a company like Microsoft...
  • Any Windows solution will have more back doors than the House of Lords.
  • The Truecrypt audit is showing signs of life again
    https://blog.cryptographyengineering....ypt-audit.html
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