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Author: John J. Macey
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Subject: Re: Truecrypt site hacked?


Check here
<http://lifehacker.com/truecrypts-web-site-updates-with-ominous-warning-detai-1582879439?utm_campaign=socialflow_lifehacker_facebook&utm_source=lifehacker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow>.

John
/On The Jersey Shore/

On 05/29/2014 04:27 AM, Ryan Rix wrote:
> Their license is a murky mess that could get you sued, that's the main
> reason: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/distributions/2008-October/000276.html
>
> Derek Trotter <> writes:
>> If this turns out to be for real, is there anything (Other than
>> government thugs) to prevent someone else from continuing with
>> Truecrypt?
>>
>> On 05/28/2014 09:46 PM, Eric Cope wrote:
>>
>>
>>      I found a github repo with 7.2 and 7.1a source code... you may
>>      want to fork and clone...

>>
>>      https://github.com/warewolf/truecrypt

>>
>>
>>      Eric

>>
>>
>>
>>
>>      On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 9:38 PM, der.hans <>
>>      wrote:

>>
>>      Am 28. Mai, 2014 schwätzte Derek Trotter so:

>>
>>          moin moin,

>>
>>          looks like TrueCrypt has problems.

>>
>>          Haven't looked at Tahoe-LAFS in a while. Significant
>>          improvements since I
>>          last looked.

>>
>>          https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs

>>
>>          There's also encfs, LUKS ( cryptsetup ) and eCryptFS. Collect
>>          them all :).

>>
>>          ciao,

>>
>>          der.hans

>>
>>                  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?

>>
>>
>>
>>          --
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>>          fails. We put
>>          # him in jail. It is the crooked man who succeeds who is a
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