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Old 02-07-2008, 02:54 PM
George Orwell
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Default Re: Truecrypt 5.0 Released (now with system partition encryption)

Sebastian G. wrote:

> Merk wrote:
>
> > nemo_outis wrote:
> >> http://www.truecrypt.org/
> >>
> >> Regards,

> >
> > Anyone tried it?

>
>
> I tried it, and, unlike most other pre-boot stuff, actually worked on my
> trivial test machine.
>
> However, I found a privilege escalation vulnerability from version 4.3a
> being carried over, so I heavily recommend to avoid using TrueCrypt until
> it's fixed.


Actually, on Linux I think this is fixed. You have to authenticate as
the "owner" of a volume before giving any system passwords necessary
for mounting that volume. It use to be the other way around.

>
> > Is it whole disk encryption like PGP whole disk encryption?

>
>
> Nah, it also allows for some kinds of dual boot configurations. And it
> compiles with much less changes. And it's far more lightweight.


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