Posted: 9/27/2008 10:15:38 PM EDT
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What is the best encryption software out right now? Something free. |
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TrueCrypt. Free software and has AES built in. TrueCrypt I use this at work on all my external hard drives and USB keys. I move student data (SSN's, contact info, medical info) to and from home. All files are encrypted with AES and a strong password. TrueCrypt is nice since it creates a "container" to store your files in. If you make a 4 gig container, nobody knows whether you have 1K or 4 gigs in it. The container is encrypted. Av. |
TrueCrypt is open source and all lines of code have been peer reviewed. No backdoors. Microsoft BitLocker is NOT open source and the code has NOT been peer reviewed. There might be a backdoor - that is why I refuse to use it. Av. |
its dos based and old.. very old.. I have it on disk some where.. BTW I too use truecrypt..  heh any of you old geeks remember Private Idaho? |
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My problem with PGP is that in the course of learning how to use it two or three times, I accidentally produced two or three keys that stupidly have no expiration...and I have long since lost the key revocation certificate. So even if I use it now, I have several confusing old/useless keys floating around on the keyservers. I know there's some way to at least try to get them taken out administratively, but I haven't taken the time to actually do it...so there they sit. |