[Lincs] Truecrypt

[Jon Spriggs]

You might take a look at encfs which is a fuse module for Linux. I don't
believe there is a windows port but I might be wrong. Commercial grade,
there is PGP by Symantec which offers PGP disks and whole disk encryption.

Regards,

Jon The Nice Guy
On 2 Jun 2014 18:13, "iain Baker" <iain.dbaker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good question...
> The only 'big name' i can think of off the top of my head is GPG
> https://www.gnupg.org/
>
>
> On 30 May 2014 21:27, Dave Rice <dave at ricey.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> I'm not using it at the moment, but I have used it.
>>
>> What are or options now for encryption?
>>
>> Particularly for removable devices??
>>
>> Cheers
>> On 30 May 2014 21:06, "iain Baker" <iain.dbaker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> In case anyone hasn't heard about it, there seems to have been some
>>> significant event within or regarding the Truecrypt development team.
>>>
>>> Their Sourceforge site now states:
>>>
>>> "WARNING: Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed
>>> security
>>> issues
>>>
>>> This page exists only to help migrate existing data encrypted by
>>> TrueCrypt.
>>>
>>> The development of TrueCrypt was ended in 5/2014 after Microsoft
>>> terminated support of Windows XP. Windows 8/7/Vista and later offer
>>> integrated support for encrypted disks and virtual disk images. Such
>>> integrated support is also available on other platforms (click here for
>>> more information). You should migrate any data encrypted by TrueCrypt to
>>> encrypted disks or virtual disk images supported on your platform."
>>>
>>>
>>> You can read more at The Register:
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/29/truecrypt_analysis/
>>>
>>> Basically, the latest release of the software will not encrypt and
>>> instead
>>> gives a warning to use other software for encryption.  If you are using
>>> earlier versions of the software, it maybe advisable to migrate to
>>> another
>>> solution until things become clearer (and to know that you are using
>>> software that will continue to receive security updates).
>>>
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