VeraCrypt safer alternative to TrueCrypt

VeraCrypt safer alternative to TrueCrypt

We present VeraCrypt based software TrueCrypt can provide a safe solution to save our files

VeraCrypt in Ubuntu
He has done much to discuss the abandonment of the project TrueCrypt open source software that lets you create, gesture, and mount encrypted virtual disk drives in order to keep safe your files, documents, images and more. From the source code of TrueCrypt are born different fork in a position to bring back the original design, while ensuring greater safety. Among the new projects are based on TrueCrypt TCnext, CipherShed or the new VeraCrypt.
VeraCrypt is a new open source software for Linux, Mac and Windows based on the source code of TrueCrypt can, however, ensure greater security.

With VeraCrypt we will have the same functionality, etc. TrueCrypt GUI, the only difference is "under the hood" as it includes new algorithms and more advanced protection thanks to several bug fixes. According to the developers, VeraCrypt is at least 300 times more difficult to break than TrueCrypt with brute force methods.

Install VeraCrypt just download the Linux version from this page, once extracted the tar.bz2 move the file veracrypt - * - setup-gui-x64 or veracrypt - * - setup-gui-x86 in the home and start the terminal and type :

chmod +x veracrypt-*
./veracrypt-*

start an installation wizard that will allow us to install VeraCrypt or create a version of "portable" that is saved in the tmp folder.

After installation we can use on our personal computers VeraCrypt

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