TrueCrypt can create a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mount it as a real disk, or an entire hard disk partition or a device, such as USB memory stick, floppy disk, etc. This software provides two levels of security: a hidden volume (more information may be found here), and a volume cannot be identified (no part of the volume can be distinguished from random data). It utilizes the following encryption algorithms: AES (256-bit key), Blowfish (448-bit key), CAST5 (128-bit key), Serpent (256-bit key), Triple DES, and Twofish (256-bit key), and also supports cascading (e.g., AES-Serpent-Twofish). It is based on Encryption for the Masses (E4M) 2.02a, conceived in 1997.
Latest changes:
- Writing to a TrueCrypt volume under Linux no longer causes the system to stop responding under certain conditions
- Occasional application errors no longer occur when selecting a file (Windows XP SP2 issue)
- Fixed bug that caused installation of the TrueCrypt driver to fail under certain configurations of 64-bit Windows
- TrueCrypt volumes mounted in a remote session under Windows 2000 can now be accessed
- TrueCrypt Volume Creation Wizard no longer blocks hot keys of certain applications. (Windows)
- Other minor bug fixes (Windows and Linux)
- It will not be required to reinstall the TrueCrypt kernel module after every minor Linux kernel update
- Support for latest Linux kernel (2.6.17)
- Other minor improvements (Windows and Linux)
- The Linux version of TrueCrypt now uses the TrueCrypt Random Number Generator (ported from the Windows version of TrueCrypt) instead of using only the Linux built-in random number generator
- Interactive mount mode, which allows the user to avoid passing sensitive parameters via command line. (Linux)
- TrueCrypt volume is unmapped if mounting it to a directory fails. (Linux)
- When the ‘Never Save History’ option is enabled, TrueCrypt sets its “current directory” to the user’s home directory (in traveller mode, to the directory from which TrueCrypt was launched) after a container or keyfile is selected via the Windows file sele
- Released under the TrueCrypt Collective License Version 1.0
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