Truecrypt 7.1 from 3 years ago: https://github.com/syglug/truecrypt Eric On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Eric Cope wrote: > Here are checksums for it from a security audit... > https://madiba.encs.concordia.ca/~x_decarn/truecrypt-binaries-analysis/ > > My money is a Lavabit type of response to an NSL or equivalent... > > Eric > > > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:08 PM, Michael Butash > wrote: > >> I saw that, thought mostly the same, don't think it's a scam, probably >> just more hassle than it was worth to fend of legal aspects of giving free >> and *actual* secure crypto, it it ever was. I saw someone paid Schneier to >> audit it, and he found it fairly robust, but with some flaw as well, but >> relatively minor all in all. I only used it on usb keys as I didn't think >> luks volumes mounted under windoze, but found that they actually might, or >> at least truecrypt gave a link to something that seemed to be a windoze app >> to mount them. Link was dead, but I plan on looking to see. >> >> I'd love to see a real audit of luks too, as the last one standing for >> the most part for any kind of open whole disk encryption versatile enough >> to handle lower and higher level disk i/o adequately under linux. >> >> Truecrypt seemed decent, but only as a medium between linux, windoze, and >> even occasionally mac systems that I needed to mount them on. Sadly it >> really is asking a lot that there be some sort of standard around this >> cross-platform, with each systems' unique flaws and potentials for making >> the environments insecure for everyone around them a "feature". >> >> I think there is more bad reason than good these methods don't exist in a >> complete secure fashion, as presumably most governments, corporations, and >> just about any profit center wants the options open for full exploitability >> of their choosing should they desire to see what anyone has. I doubt it's >> a debatable option even at this point that on all levels, all things remain >> exploitable to some extent through purpose or simple error, but either way >> generally still exist. >> >> Layers... I use full encryption on all my personal systems now, but its >> impossible to trust everything. I don't do ecryptfs atop luks, as I'd like >> some reasonable expectation of performance and not overkilling my SSD's. >> I'd love to otherwise. >> >> Someone comes and heists every computer, tablet, or phone in your house >> with a warrant in a "crime" with law enforcement officers, your data is >> forfeit by and large, encrypted or not. Scary part is what occurs when >> they don't bother to come physically, or tell you. >> >> -mb >> >> >> On 05/28/2014 09:33 PM, Bryan O'Neal wrote: >> >>> WTF!!! No! Say it is not so! >>> If it was actually insecure where are the exploits? Bitlocker has had >>> cracked and is known to be flawed. I have heard that the US government >>> has been putting pressure on true crypt to provide a dedicated back >>> door for some time but I thought that was just smoke. I love true >>> crypt and move encrypted disks freely between windows, mac, and linux. >>> >>> I is sad :( >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Derek Trotter >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Today I read at The Register that the truecrypt site redirects to their >>>> sourceforge page, and that has a statement saying development has been >>>> discontinued. I checked and saw for myself. >>>> >>>> I'm wondering if this is for real or if the truecrypt people have been >>>> hacked. >>>> >>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/28/truecrypt_hack/ >>>> >>>> If this is for real, are there any alternatives? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> "I get my copy of the daily paper, look at the obituaries page, and if >>>> I’m >>>> not there, I carry on as usual." >>>> >>>> Patrick Moore >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >