On 7 Feb 2008 16:00:31 +0100, Cyberiade.it Anonymous Remailer wrote:

> Ari wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:53:41 +0100, Sebastian G. wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Not to look a gift horse but why have they not fixed this?
>
> In a similar vein, the Linux version sucks. ;)
>
> OS encryption (it's not wholedisk) isn't even implemented. That's not a
> huge problem because Linux has native counterparts, but it would have
> been nice.
>
> There's also a cute new GUI, but you can't get around it as far as I can
> tell. So if you're running Truecrypt on a remote machine via ssh or
> what not, you'd better have GTK installed and X forwarding enabled or
> you're screwed until you downgrade. Reminds me of that damned GnuPG2
> pinentry crap. <grrrrrr>
>
> They also changed the sequence of passwords, at least on my Debian box
> (the only place I've tried it so far). Threw me off the first time. I
> thought my volumes were no longer compatible. ;)

Hell, let's hope this is one step back which proceeds several forward. I
admire those guys, I hope they haven't fallen over a cliff.
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