Abstract :
Full disk encryption (FDE) is a common way to prevent unauthorized use of data by encrypting the whole storage device. TrueCrypt is one of the widest-known open source tools providing FDE. It´s available for multiple OSs including Windows, Mac OS, and Linux, letting you share encrypted storage among these systems. Unfortunately, there are license problems and questions related to implementation security. A community-funded project aims to review license issues and perform a full security audit of source codes. This article, which includes comments on older and problematic TrueCrypt encryption modes, provides interesting insight into the TrueCrypt data format history.
Keywords :
cryptography; storage management; FDE; Linux; Mac OS; TrueCrypt on-disk format; Windows; full disk encryption; license issues; open source tools; operating systems; security audit; storage device; Ciphers; Computer security; Cryptography; Disk drives; Encryption; Standards; TrueCrypt; full disk encryption; security;
