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TrueCrypt 5 lets you encrypt your entire hard drive

by Brad Linder on February 6, 2008 at 05:30 PM

If you've got a few files on your computer that you want to hide from the kids, we recommend you check out My Lockbox. It's easy to use, and the chances of locking yourself out of your PC are slim. But if you're looking for something a bit more powerful, say for protecting top secret government documents on your laptop, no freeware application beats TrueCrypt (although we seriously hope that the government has their own encryption software).

TrueCrypt 5 was released today, with a slew of new features, including:

A Mac OS X version
Graphical user interface for Linux version
Ability to encrypt system partitions so that you can only boot Windows or access files with a password

We wouldn't get involved in international acts of espionage without it.

[via Slashdot]

Tags: encryption, freeware, opensource, truecrypt

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PeterFeb 6th 2008 6:23PM

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Sweet! Truecrypt rocks.

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dfgdfgdfgdfgFeb 7th 2008 9:02AM

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Would be much cooler if they released a version that allows encrypting individual folders and files like EFS in Windows, but with a simple password instead of all this user-account & certificate crap which EFS uses.

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GenericFeb 7th 2008 10:02AM

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used 4.x for a really long time and can't wait to upgrade. this is a really cool product. thumbs up

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HelFeb 7th 2008 11:26AM

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I've used 4.x for awhile on both Linux and Windows. I was very excited about the GUI coming to Linux (and Mac!) in 5.0. Compiling from source doesn't work out of the box (there's some references to missing header files, and some linker options that just plain don't exist). Once it gets running, it looks exactly like the Windows version. I've noticed a bug, though, with dismounting the encrypted drive under Linux. It errors out becuase it's dismounting the devices it creates in the wrong order. Otherwise, it's quite solid.

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