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TrueCrypt Gets a New Life, New Name

Posted by Soulskill on from the and-hopefully-won't-disappear-into-the-void dept.

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.

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  1. "CipherShed" by supertall · · Score: 5, Funny

    Suddenly I think of banjos.

    1. Re:"CipherShed" by pushing-robot · · Score: 5, Funny

      They're obviously using my HorribleNameGenerator library. I'm proud to have contributed to so many FOSS projects.

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      How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
    2. Re:"CipherShed" by Kjella · · Score: 5, Funny

      They're obviously using my HorribleNameGenerator library. I'm proud to have contributed to so many FOSS projects.

      Clearly you didn't use it for your own project, I suppose you had to write it first or it would have suggested HorribleUniqueNameGenerator. Because like the developers of the GNU Image Manipulator Program knows, a catchy acronym never hurt anyone.

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      Live today, because you never know what tomorrow brings
    3. Re:"CipherShed" by Spy+Handler · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nah, it wouldn't be cool to go against the wishes of the original authors. They put a lot of work into it. If you're gonna leech off their code then naming your project something other than Truecrypt is the least you can do.

      I suggest RealCrypt.

    4. Re:"CipherShed" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well it`s better than the NSA fork - DeCrypt. ;-)

  2. Why does this always happen? by westlake · · Score: 3, Funny

    They're obviously using my HorribleNameGenerator library. I'm proud to have contributed to so many FOSS projects.

    Nothing inspires more confidence in a complex cryptographic system than a name like "CipherShed.'

    Is the geek born with this impulse to shoot himself in the foot?

    1. Re:Why does this always happen? by CreatureComfort · · Score: 4, Funny

      Howbout...MaybeCrypt? Wouldn't want to use FalseCrypt...

      I've got it! SchrödingersCrypt!

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      "Unheard of means only it's undreamed of yet,
      Impossible means not yet done." ~~ Julia Ecklar
  3. Re:Shed?? by CaptSlaq · · Score: 3, Funny

    Like TVR.

  4. Re:FOSS names by sexconker · · Score: 5, Funny

    The sillier the name the lower the chances someone will abuse that name for commercial reasons. Saves a lot of money on trademarks.

    I'm happy to announce my new FOSS project: CUNTT. It's a universal network tracing tool.
    It stands for "CUNTT isn't a Universal Network Tracing Tool".