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  • VeraCrypt - The best crypto software out there

    From warmfuzzy@700:100/0 to All on Friday, May 04, 2018 20:47:59
    For several years the best crypto software was TrueCrypt, however it was closed-source and it was eventually removed from being available from some unknown reason. However, now steps in something new and better. With all
    the features of TrueCrypt plus some new features and security patches lets welcome VeraCrypt --- based on TrueCrypt, but open source and more secure...
    ba dum ba dum enters VERACRYPT. You can get it for free from:

    https://archive.codeplex.com/p?=veracrypt

    And it works on Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD, RaspPi, and in source-code for
    anyone who's using a system not listed.

    This software is able to do whole-disk encryption, steganographic file allocation, use several crypto schemes, double or triple up one algorithm on top of another, and its interface is easy to understand and use.

    I hope that this info finds you well.

    Best regards,
    warmfuzzy

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  • From deadfwd@700:100/2 to warmfuzzy on Saturday, May 19, 2018 12:30:32
    Hmmm I'd lean more toward opengpg as the more secure format now. Veracrypt
    has been through too many odd changes too trust for my taste

    Sit back and smell the popcorn...
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@700:100/20 to deadfwd on Monday, May 21, 2018 06:45:47
    Re: Re: VeraCrypt - The best crypto software out there
    By: deadfwd to warmfuzzy on Sat May 19 2018 12:30 pm

    Hmmm I'd lean more toward opengpg as the more secure format now. Veracrypt has been through too many odd changes too trust for my taste

    OpenGPG doesn't do disk encryption like VeraCrypt, does it?

    I haven't heard of any changes since it forked from Truecrypt, what have you heard?
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  • From warmfuzzy@700:100/14 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 03:11:41
    Hmmm I'd lean more toward opengpg as the more secure format now. Verac has been through too many odd changes too trust for my taste
    OpenGPG doesn't do disk encryption like VeraCrypt, does it?
    I haven't heard of any changes since it forked from Truecrypt, what have you heard?

    From what I understand OpenGPG (GNU Privacy Guard) is a public key cipher used mainly in e-mail communications while VeraCrypt uses private key ciphers (symmetric cryptography) to secure the contents its protecting, where
    VeraCrypt secures files, directories, and entire disks, while GPG secures the communication channels that contain the files.

    So: Public Key Crypto ==> GPG
    Private Key Crypto ==> VERAcrypt's selection of Symmetric Ciphers

    Where public key cryptography is very slow and private key crypto is much much faster

    However they have different uses, where GPG's RSA/EnGamel secures the channel and short messages, while VERAcrypt secures large amounts of data.

    Both types of cryptogrpahy are needed, but they do different things.

    Best regards,
    warmfuzzy

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