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'''TrueCrypt''' is an [[open-source]] [[on-the-fly]] [[encryption]] program that is compatible with [[Microsoft]] [[Windows]] [[XP]]/2000/2003 (Linux version is planned). TrueCrypt allows a user to create a [[virtual]] encrypted disk within a file, and mount it as a real disk. Such virtual disk behaves exactly as a real physical hard disk - the encryption is transparent. TrueCrypt can also encrypt an entire (physical) hard disk partition or a storage device/medium, such as floppy disk or USB memory stick. When the user opens a file stored on a TrueCrypt volume, the file is automatically decrypted [[on-the-fly]]. When he or she wants to ''write'' a file to the volume, the file is automatically encrypted before it is physically stored. This applies to any sector of the volume, including directories (file names and folder names) and file allocation tables. The [[Cipher|encryption algorithms]] used by TrueCrypt are [[AES|AES-256]], [[Blowfish (cipher)|Blowfish]] (448-[[bit]] [[key (cryptography)|key]]), [[CAST-128]], [[International_Data_Encryption_Algorithm|IDEA]], and [[Triple DES]].

According to the authors, a Linux version of TrueCrypt is planned.

== History of TrueCrypt ==