On 2014-05-29 14:23, Jeffrey Groby wrote:
> Maybe I am confused here. I thought FileVault was the full disk encryption tool for OS X and TrueCrypt was the Windows solution. Are you writing an alternative to FileVault? > > I am sure I must have misunderstood something. TrueCrypt was available to Linux and OS X users as well. The most current version was 7.1a, and it did more or less the same things as the Windows version, plus it also allowed you to reformat an encrypted partition under HFS+ and treat it like a native OS X file system in every other respect. FileVault is suspect -- we have no guarantee, one way or another, that Apple doesn't have some kind of back door into it. That's why I believe we need an alternative for OS X users who rely on TrueCrypt and want better security than what is provided by Apple. Note: I love Apple products, but given Prism and other disclosures, I don't trust their software to be safe. That's why OTR, TrueCrypt, and GPG/PGP are in my arsenal for secure storage and communications. Cheers! pr3d -- _______________________________________________ Sent through the Full Disclosure mailing list http://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/fulldisclosure Web Archives & RSS: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/
