TrueCrypt

TrueCrypt is a discontinued source-available freeware utility used for on-the-fly encryption (OTFE). It can create a virtual encrypted disk within a file, encrypt a partition, or encrypt the whole storage device (pre-boot authentication).

Key facts

Software.discontinued: yes
Software.size: 3.30 MB
Software.language: English, Arabic, Basque, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Hong Kong), Chinese (Taiwan), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Norwegian (Nynorsk), Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek (Cyrillic), Vietnamese
Software.genre: Disk encryption software
Software.license: TrueCrypt License 3.1 (source-available freeware)
Software.logo: File:Truecrypt Faenza.svg
Software.screenshot: TrueCrypt on windows vista.png
Software.caption: TrueCrypt on Windows (discontinued)
Software.developer: TrueCrypt Foundation
Software.latest release version: 7.2
Software.latest release date: (Discontinued)
Software.programming language: C, C++, Assembly
Software.operating system: Windows, macOS, Linux, MorphOS
Software.language count: 38

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Described at

TCnext - Site dedicated to the development of the next "truecrypt"

Site dedicated to the development of the next "truecrypt"

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TrueCrypt.ch is the gathering place for all up-to-date information. Unfortunately TrueCrypt.org is dead. But, we (the pure-privacy people) will help organize a future. Independent hosting in Switzerland will guarantee no interruption due to legal threats. We are looking for lively interaction with users and a great community concerned about privacy in the digital world. We still offer all the downloads which are no longer available at TrueCrypt.org. Anonymous development on a security relevant Project is no longer an option. The TrueCrypt.ch team will stand with their real name! Two teams, CipherShed and VeraCrypt, are currently leading the TrueCrypt replacement initiative. And that is very good news. We work with both teams for the better of the community. The ongoing complete (100%) rewrite of the TrueCrypt code by Ciphershed is a massive undertaking and will take its time. In the mean time we put together the whole TrueCrypt Source into a github repo: feel free to clone. If you like to help financially, we now accept donations through the pure-privacy association.

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.truecrypt.org

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software version identifier: 7.2 (with limited functionality)
inception: 2004-02-02
described at URL: web.archive.org/web/20200329214646/https://truecrypt.ch

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Contents

History
E4M and SecurStar dispute
Version 2.0
End of life announcement
Operating systems
Independent implementations
Encryption scheme
Algorithms
Modes of operation
Keys
Plausible deniability
Identifying TrueCrypt volumes
Performance
Incompatibility with FlexNet Publisher and SafeCast
Security concerns
Encryption keys stored in memory
Physical security
Malware
The "Stoned" bootkit
Trusted Platform Module
Security audits
Legal cases
Operation Satyagraha
''United States v. John Doe''
David Miranda
Lauri Love
James DeSilva
Druking
License and source model
End of life and license version 3.1
Trademarks
See also
References
External links
Archives

On 28 May 2014, the TrueCrypt website announced that the project was no longer maintained and recommended users find alternative solutions. Though development of TrueCrypt has ceased, an independent audit of TrueCrypt published in March 2015 concluded that no significant flaws were present. Two projects forked from TrueCrypt: VeraCrypt (active) and CipherShed (abandoned).