TrueCrypt 5.0 , a Free, Open-Source On-the-fly encryption tool came out this week.
Highlights from the release notes:
- Mac OS X Support (Tiger and Leopard on both Intel and PPC architectures)
- Windows performance enhancements
- Pre-boot authentication and system drive encryption for Windows
- Enhancements to the Linux version
3 comments:
I had trouble getting TrueCrypt to work properly on Mac OS Leopard (Intel). I reported the problem to TrueCrypt.
After installing, it would fail to launch with a not supported on this architecture error. One reliable work-around I found was to delete the Info.plist file from /Applications/TrueCrypt.app/Contents/. This does not seem to cause any problems with TrueCrypt running as usual.
Someone on Digg suggested that if you're using it on a Case-Sensitive HFS+ filesystem, you need to rename
/Applications/TrueCrypt.app/Contents/MacOS/TrueCrypt to /Applications/TrueCrypt.app/Contents/MacOS/truecrypt -- In other words, the actual binary within the app needs to be lowercase. That worked for me.
I re-installed it and it broke again. I removed Info.plist and that also works. Strange.
I installed TrueCrypt on my laptop and ran some benchmark tests.
Benchmark Results:
http://www.full-disk-encryption.net/wiki/index.php/TrueCrypt#Benchmarks
Pros:
1) Easy to use product. Simple clean interface. Amazingly user-friendly!
2) Free and Open Source
3) Multiple Encryption and Hashing algorithm available.
Cons:
1) Buffered Read and Buffered Transfer Rate were almost halved after TrueCrypt FDE was enabled :-(.
2) Access Time for large file (250+MB) increased by 11%.
3) The initial encryption of the 120 GB HDD took 2 hours.
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