Comparison of disk encryption software: Difference between revisions

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

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! Name

! Developer

! Introduced indate

! Licensing

! Operating systemssystem supportedsupport

! Maintainance status

|-

! [[BestCrypt]]

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| Commercial, limited source code

| Linux 2.6, Windows NT-based, Windows 9x, Windows 3.1, DOS

| Maintained

|-

! [[PGPDisk]]

| [[PGP Corporation]]

| 1998

| Commercial, closed source?

| Windows NT-based

| Maintained

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! [[TrueCrypt]]

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| Free, open source (custom)

| Linux 2.6, Windows NT-based

| Actively developed

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! [[cryptoloop]]

| {{n/a}}

| Before dm-crypt

| Free, open source (GPL)

| Linux 2.5-2.6

| Deprecated, known vulnerabilities

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! dm-crypt/cryptsetup

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| Free, open source (GPL)

| Linux 2.6

| Actively developed

|-

! dm-crypt/[[LUKS]]

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| Free, open source (GPL)

| Linux 2.6

| Actively developed

|-

! [[FreeOTFE]]

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| Free, open source (custom)

| Windows NT-based, Pocket PC

| Actively developed

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| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[cryptoloop]]

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}<ref name=dmcrypt-initrd>dm-crypt and cryptoloop volumes can be mounted from the [[initrd]] before the system is booted</ref>

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

! dm-crypt/cryptsetup

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}<ref name=dmcrypt-initrd>dm-crypt volumes can be mounted from the [[initrd]] before the system is booted</ref>

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

! [[cryptoloop]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

! dm-crypt

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| {{no}}

| {{yes}}<ref>New containers created with TrueCrypt versions 4.1 and up use LRW, old containers use plain CBC</ref>

|-

! [[cryptoloop]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

! dm-crypt