Standard cross platform encryption program
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 4:26 pm
There's a program called VeraCrypt. The newest version is supposed to work on FreeBSD. I would be very appreciative if it was part of the GhostBSD DVD.
https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Downloads.html
A little background to understand why. There was a program on windows called Truecrypt(open source). It also had software for Linux and BSD. No one knows publicly who wrote it and he eventually quit with no real explanation. Great software.The guy was really talented. In Windows it could encrypt the system drive while Windows was running. This was and still is the most widely used encryption I believe of any in a stand alone package. Well after he quit there was a huge hue and cry and a bunch of people got together and audited the software. One of the groups trying to keep Truecrypt going made Veracrypt and while doing so made some improvements which were added into the new software based on the security audit. It did allow using the older truecrypt volumes. The name change was because it was part of the software licensing that the name be changed. Anyways it's an excellent program, it's been around a long time and it's been audited for security.
Veracrypt is great. It encrypts files, whole partitions and drives for Windows, MacOS, Linux and BSD.
At the same time including ntfs-3g default support would round it out for Windows users moving to BSD.
I know you can't do everything and are busy but if I don't tell you about it you won't know at all. Just keep it in mind. I bet there's a lot of people who wouldn't mind switching to BSD because of security and these are exactly the same people using Truecrypt and Veracrypt. The leap is large though and difficult. With their favorite encryption built in it might be the push they need. Building a FreeBSD box from scratch if you've never used it before is really a long slog. Yes it's in the handbook "somewhere" but what the handbook "assumes" you understand is sometimes a lot. Much more than the average guy does. Thanks for your time.
https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Downloads.html
A little background to understand why. There was a program on windows called Truecrypt(open source). It also had software for Linux and BSD. No one knows publicly who wrote it and he eventually quit with no real explanation. Great software.The guy was really talented. In Windows it could encrypt the system drive while Windows was running. This was and still is the most widely used encryption I believe of any in a stand alone package. Well after he quit there was a huge hue and cry and a bunch of people got together and audited the software. One of the groups trying to keep Truecrypt going made Veracrypt and while doing so made some improvements which were added into the new software based on the security audit. It did allow using the older truecrypt volumes. The name change was because it was part of the software licensing that the name be changed. Anyways it's an excellent program, it's been around a long time and it's been audited for security.
Veracrypt is great. It encrypts files, whole partitions and drives for Windows, MacOS, Linux and BSD.
At the same time including ntfs-3g default support would round it out for Windows users moving to BSD.
I know you can't do everything and are busy but if I don't tell you about it you won't know at all. Just keep it in mind. I bet there's a lot of people who wouldn't mind switching to BSD because of security and these are exactly the same people using Truecrypt and Veracrypt. The leap is large though and difficult. With their favorite encryption built in it might be the push they need. Building a FreeBSD box from scratch if you've never used it before is really a long slog. Yes it's in the handbook "somewhere" but what the handbook "assumes" you understand is sometimes a lot. Much more than the average guy does. Thanks for your time.