DocumentCode
33004
Title
The TrueCrypt On-Disk Format--An Independent View
Author
Broz, Milan ; Matyas, V.
Author_Institution
Masaryk Univ., Brno, Czech Republic
Volume
12
Issue
3
fYear
2014
fDate
May-June 2014
Firstpage
74
Lastpage
77
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Security & Privacy, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1540-7993
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSP.2014.60
Filename
6824535
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