Re: [FD] TrueCrypt 7.1 repos on GitHub - forking starting point

2014-06-03 Thread Greg Bromage
On Fri, 30 May 2014 15:00:39 -0500, Brandon Perry wrote: >2) Do you trust these users to understand the codebase thoroughly enough >and understand cryptography enough to not introduce stupid crypto bugs? >That is a huge caveat. It is - but it¹s also the risk you run with any open source crypt

Re: [FD] TrueCrypt 7.1 repos on GitHub - forking starting point

2014-06-03 Thread Dave Howe
On 30/05/2014 21:00, Brandon Perry wrote: > Two issues with this: > > 1) TrueCrypt wasn't free as in freedom, it was free as in beer. These forks > break the license afaik. Not seeing this to be honest. I have taken a look at the 3.0 licence (applicable to 7.1a), and can't see any real reason to st

Re: [FD] TrueCrypt 7.1 repos on GitHub - forking starting point

2014-05-30 Thread Justin Bull
If you want legit versions of TrueCrypt, look at DrWhax's repo where you can independently verify the builds with the official TrueCrypt PGP keys: https://github.com/DrWhax/truecrypt-archive I think, given the nature of crypto, you should wait to pair/contribute with Open Crypto Audit Project (OCA

Re: [FD] TrueCrypt 7.1 repos on GitHub - forking starting point

2014-05-30 Thread Brandon Perry
Two issues with this: 1) TrueCrypt wasn't free as in freedom, it was free as in beer. These forks break the license afaik. 2) Do you trust these users to understand the codebase thoroughly enough and understand cryptography enough to not introduce stupid crypto bugs? That is a huge caveat. Just

[FD] TrueCrypt 7.1 repos on GitHub - forking starting point

2014-05-30 Thread CIURANA EUGENE (pr3d4t0r - Full Disclosure)
Hi again! There are at least two forks on GitHub of what appear to be complete, legit versions of TrueCrypt 7.1 -- there are others scattered throughout the web. * https://github.com/syglug/truecrypt * https://github.com/FauxFaux/truecrypt Cloning and building on OS X, figu