Thanks much for that. There's a lot of stuff in there but what I chose
to focus on is the commentary at Gibson Research
<https://www.grc.com/misc/truecrypt/truecrypt.htm> I've known, bought
from and followed Steve Gibson for about 30 years and trust his
knowledge and judgement.
The bottom line is that TrueCrypt (far from being ugly) is actually a
beautifully written application. You can find the source, excecutables
and documentation on GRC's page above. Version 7.1a (the last complete
version) has been running unchanged since Feb 2012. There's no reason
why we shouldn't trust it... well, as long as you're not paranoid over
the possibility of NSA backdoors. If the NSA wants my social security
number they have far easier ways to get it than decrypting one of my old
tax returns. :-)
I've downloaded it and will try it out. Thanks, I feel like I'm back on
track.
Chuck Norcutt
On 6/27/2014 1:23 PM, Michael R. Collins wrote:
No advice, but... to read some of the background behind the TrueCrypt
decison, you might go through some of the recent articles found by:
<http://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=truecrypt>
Michael
On 14-06-27 11:30 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
Thanks. Those sound like some pretty nasty "features" for a technology
that has been around since probably before Vista. Anyhow, I don't
want full disk encryption (especially of the boot drive) for exactly
the type of problems that you've mentioned. TrueCrypt and FreeOTFE
are able to create a virtual disk which is simply an ordinary file on
the OS. I had assumed that BitLocker could do that as well but
apparently not. It's limited to real hardware but can do removable
drives. That would probably be sufficient but not my preference. So
I'll stay away from BitLocker due to price and function if nothing
else. I was also sad to note that Symantec PGP doesn't work well either.
Anyone else?
Chuck Norcutt
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