![]() ![]() There is also an open source successor, VeraCrypt, which I have not tried. The Open Crypto Audit Project says it is verified, and I have no reason to doubt that. There is what purports to be a copy of Truecrypt 7.1 on Github. For you to use Truecrypt, you'd have to put your hands on an old copy of the software. ![]() That said, I am still trusting an older install of Truecrypt. It has versions for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, and. (That's a back door in Truecrypt I'm relatively sure that AES itself is safe.) TrueCrypt is an open-source disk cryptography package, which has been around since February 2004 and maintained by the TrueCrypt Foundation. ![]() A code audit by others, of which phase one is complete, did not find any problems that significantly weaken the crypto algorithms, and I really doubt anyone, even the NSA, can crack AES unless there's a back door that hasn't been found. Unhappily, the safety of older versions has not been conclusively demonstrated, I think. After all, someone with the ability to sign new TrueCrypt releases probably wouldn't squander that hack with a prank. That suggested the page warning TrueCrypt isn't safe wasn't a hoax posted by hackers who managed to gain unauthorized access. Older versions of Truecrypt are as safe as they ever were. Significantly, TrueCrypt version 7.2 was certified with the official TrueCrypt private signing key. It also isn't clear whether that driver is installed only for full-disk encryption or at any time a TrueCrypt volume is in use. Hi ll, the executable installers TrueCrypt Setup 7.1a.exe and TrueCrypt-7.2.exe load and execute USP10.dll, RichEd20.dll, NTMarta.dll and SRClient.dll. It isn't clear from the article whether those flaws compromise the crypto or the underlying Windows OS, or both. ![]() Edit: OctoAn article in IT World for Septemreveals the existence of, but doesn't describe fully, two serious flaws in the Windows driver that TrueCrypt installed. ![]()
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