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  1. TrueCrypt Alternatives Step Up Post-Cryptanalysis

    It · Encryption · · posted by Soulskill · from the rebuilding-with-confidence dept. · 83 comments
    msm1267 writes: What's next for TrueCrypt now that a two-phase audit of the code and its cryptography uncovered a few critical vulnerabilities, but no backdoors? Two alternative open source encryption projects forked TrueCrypt once its developers decided to abandon the project in early 2014, giving rise to VeraCrypt and CipherShed — and both are ready to accelerate growth, compatibility and functionality now that the TrueCrypt code has been given a relatively clean bill of health.

  2. TrueCrypt Gets a New Life, New Name

    It · Encryption · · posted by Soulskill · from the and-hopefully-won't-disappear-into-the-void dept. · 270 comments
    storagedude writes: Amid ongoing security concerns, the popular open source encryption program TrueCrypt may have found new life under a new name. Under the terms of the TrueCrypt license — which was a homemade open source license written by the authors themselves rather than a standard one — a forking of the code is allowed if references to TrueCrypt are removed from the code and the resulting application is not called TrueCrypt. Thus, CipherShed will be released under a standard open source license, with long-term ambitions to become a completely new product.