Comparison of disk encryption software: Difference between revisions

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! Licensing

! Operating system support

! MaintainanceDevelopment status

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! [[BestCrypt]]

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| Windows NT-based

| Maintained

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! [[cryptoloop]]

| {{n/a}}

| 2003-07-02<ref>Initial cryptoloop patches for the Linux 2.5 development kernel: http://uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0307.0/0348.html</ref>

| Free, open source (GPL)

| Linux 2.5-2.6

| Deprecated, known vulnerabilities

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! [[TrueCrypt]]

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| Linux&nbsp;2.6, Windows&nbsp;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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| {{yes}}<ref>PGP private keys are always protected by strenghtened passphrases </ref>

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! [[TrueCryptcryptoloop]]

| {{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}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

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! [[cryptoloopTrueCrypt]]

| {{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}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

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! dm-crypt/cryptsetup

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| {{yes}}

| {{?}}

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! [[cryptoloop]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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! [[TrueCrypt]]

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| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

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! [[cryptoloop]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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! dm-crypt

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| {{?}}

| {{?}}

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! [[cryptoloop]]

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}<ref name=cryptoapi-lrw>Starting with Linux kernel version 2.6.20, CryptoAPI supports the LRW mode: http://lwn.net/Articles/213650/</ref>

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! [[TrueCrypt]]

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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>

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! [[cryptoloop]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

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! dm-crypt

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}<ref name=cryptoapi-lrw/>

| {{yes}}<ref>Starting with Linux kernel version 2.6.20: http://lwn.net/Articles/213650/</ref>

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! [[FreeOTFE]]