On Wed, 10 Dec 2014, Wesley Peterson wrote:
A former co-worker of mine who uses Windoze, Mac, and is starting to use Linux, asked me what I thought of https://www.aescrypt.com/ .
I have not used it but it looks like it is trying to fill the void left by TrueCrypt. I found this Ars page listing several such alternatives, some cross-platform and others platform specific: Compiling a list of Truecrypt alternatives http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1245367 Meanwhile, there are two different forks of the abandoned TrueCrypt, one called CipherShed and the other called VeraCrypt. The big question is whether or not TrueCrypt was compromised or weakened, and if it was then the forks may be as well, despite any claims to be better. So far I have not heard of anything discovered, but neither have I heard that anybody has gone over the code carefully to check. I stand corrected on that last bit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueCrypt#Security_audits But the authors of TrueCrypt seem to think that starting over is better, and AESCrypt is one of several alternatives that may well be better in the long run than either of the forks of TrueCrypt. -Eric _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org https://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College * Jan 7 - When Will Then Be Now? Soon. Feb 4 - Blender: The Open Source Graphics Program
