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Technical feature comparison of different [[disk encryption software]].

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| 1998

| Commercial

| Windows  NT-based

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! [[TrueCrypt]]

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| Linux 2.6, Windows NT-based

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! dm-crypt/cryptsetup

| {{n/a}}

| 2004-03-11<ref>Included in Linux 2.6.4: http://lwn.net/Articles/75404/</ref>

| Free, open source (GPL)

| Linux 2.6

|-

! dm-crypt/[[LUKS]]

| Clemens Fruhwirth

| {{?}}

| Free, open source (GPL)

| Linux 2.6

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| Free, open source (custom)

| Windows&nbsp;NT-based, Pocket&nbsp;PC

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== Features ==

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! Name

! Hidden containers

! Pre-boot authentication

! Custom authentication

!

!

|-

! [[BestCrypt]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

|

|-

! [[PGPDisk]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

|

|-

! [[TrueCrypt]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

|

|-

! dm-crypt/cryptsetup

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}<ref name=dmcrypt-initrd>Can be mounted from [[initrd]]</ref>

| {{yes}}

|

|

|-

! dm-crypt/[[LUKS]]

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}<ref name=dmcrypt-initrd>Can be mounted from [[initrd]]</ref>

| {{yes}}

|

|

|-

! [[FreeOTFE]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

|

|}