In the various accounts and discussions all around the Internet, I had been
baffled by the mention of Windows XP support end-of-life.
On reflection, I can see why there might be concern for the vulnerability of
TrueCrypt, and user keys, on a platform for which there is no longer any
security support.
The observation that there are existing solutions on the major
currently-supported platforms makes sense in that context. Concerning the
mention of Bitlocker, I note that Bitlocker is available on Windows 8.1 Pro and
works just fine given the hardware that Windows 8 and 8.1 require anyhow. (I
am not in a position to know whether "works just fine" means Bitlocker is
highly secure or not. At least it is not password based and one should remove
and squirrel away the USB key after powering up and certainly not leave it
inserted in a powered-down system.)
I have no idea what the actual trigger of the TrueCrypt shutdown is.
-- Dennis E. Hamilton
dennis.hamil...@acm.org +1-206-779-9430
https://keybase.io/orcmid PGP F96E 89FF D456 628A
-----Original Message-----
From: Fulldisclosure [mailto:fulldisclosure-boun...@seclists.org] On Behalf Of
Barkley, Peter
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 13:47
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Subject: Re: [FD] TrueCrypt?
+
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/05/true-goodbye-using-truecrypt-is-not-secure/
-----Original Message-----
From: Fulldisclosure [mailto:fulldisclosure-boun...@seclists.org] On Behalf Of
Anthony Fontanez
Sent: 2014, May, 28 10:21 PM
To: fulldisclosure@seclists.org
Subject: [FD] TrueCrypt?
I'm surprised I haven't seen any discussion about the recent issues with
TrueCrypt. Links to current discussions follow.
/r/sysadmin: http://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/26pxol/truecrypt_is_dead/
/r/netsec:
http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/26pz9b/truecrypt_development_has_ended_052814/
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