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If you use Truecrypt, migrate to Veracrypt

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 11:00:21 +0000

I’m playing catch-up with this one, but if you’ve been relying on the quasi-open source Truecrypt encryption solution, you need to migrate to Veracrypt as quickly as possible. For some reason, it doesn’t seem to be common knowledge that Veracrypt

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The problem with open source, especially security

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 11:00:46 +0000

Security-minded open source software has taken a beating in the last year, as numerous projects have had holes exposed, or, in the case of Truecrypt, got audited heavily. This fanned the flames of the old debate whether open or closed source software

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Veracrypt is a Truecrypt alternative if you’re looking for one

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 11:00:58 +0000

I’ve written about Truecrypt before. If you need cross-platform full-disk crypto, here’s an alternative I found recently. Veracrypt is based on Truecrypt, but since you can’t fork it without a name change, it has a different name. I haven’t messed

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Curious conspiracies… or maybe just progress all at once

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 11:00:09 +0000

In the wake of Truecrypt’s sudden implosion, someone sent me a link to this curious blog post. I can see why many people might find the timing interesting, but there are a number of details this particular blog post doesn’t

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Steve Gibson on Truecrypt

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 23:44:13 +0000

Dan Bowman sent me this link to Steve Gibson’s analysis of Truecrypt, a suddenly dear departed piece of full disk encryption software. The important thing to remember right now is that we still don’t know what’s going on. Johns Hopkins

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Truecrypt and collateral damage

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 11:00:50 +0000

Last week, the free full-disk encryption program Truecrypt was abruptly discontinued, for reasons that made no sense, and making equally nonsensical recommendations about substitute products to use. There’s speculation that the creators of Truecrypt received a National Security Letter, but

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Intel’s and Sandforce’s AES-128 encryption is useful, but not for what you think

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:58:37 +0000

I spent some time this week with a coworker looking into the AES-128 encryption in current Sandforce and upcoming Intel 320 SSDs, and we’ve concluded it’s no substitute for software full-drive encryption. This is important, so we’ll talk about it

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