[TriLUG] TrueCrypt

[Matt Whitlow]

Nothing is wrong with the truecrypt encryption and truecrypt.ch has forked
it.
On Jun 2, 2014 6:06 PM, "Alan Porter" <porter at trilug.org> wrote:

>
> I am surprised that no one on this list is talking about
> TrueCrypt shutting down last week.  There has been a lot
> of speculation about why, and lots of pretty cool discussion
> about "canary letters" and such.  Real tinfoil hat stuff!
>
> I am interested in a viable TrueCrypt replacement that is:
>  - cross platform, at least for OSX and Linux
>  - can store its data in a FILE as well as a partition
>  - has a decent user interface (GUI and or CLI)
>  - is open source, so we know it can be audited
>
> In fact, if someone were to resurrect the old TrueCrypt
> code, keeping the bits that manage mounting and mapping
> drives and devices, keeping the basic UI, but replacing
> the encryption parts, I think they'd have a winner.  Part
> of me even sees that as a possible business plan.
>
> Alan
>
>
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