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LibreCrypt: Transparent on-the-fly disk encryption for Windows. LUKS compatible.

6 mentions on Hacker News by 3 people: 1 story, 5 comments · first 2015-06-06 · latest 2017-11-01

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  1. …For the rare times where I need an access from Windows, there are programs allowing that ( https://github.com/t-d-k/LibreCrypt ). Moreover, for instance at a friend's when I only need one file, I have a Raspberry Pi zero configured as an…
  2. …volumes, but unlimited nested ones, while TrueCrypt supports a maximum of one hidden volume, see: https://github.com/t-d-k/LibreCrypt/blob/master/docs/plausib...
  3. It is, and this is stated in the FAQ: https://github.com/t-d-k/LibreCrypt/blob/master/docs/FAQ.md#... Sadly, the FreeOTFE licence means I had to change the name.
  4. Disclosure: I am the maintainer of https://github.com/t-d-k/LibreCrypt The advantage is that if a flaw is discovered in an algorithm, then it is possible to switch to another without changing tools.
  5. Disclosure: I am the maintainer of https://github.com/t-d-k/LibreCrypt You are correct, cascaded cyphers don't increase security except in exceptional circumstances, and can decrease security if wrongly implemented. But LibreCrypt doesn’t…
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    LibreCrypt: Transparent on-the-fly disk encryption for Windows. LUKS compatible
    story by walterbell · 2015-06-06 · 49 comments