• Whole Disk Encryption

    From warmfuzzy@700:100/0 to All on Sat Aug 25 04:46:08 2018
    The three best whole disk encryption software out there:
    VeraCrypt, PGP WholeDisk, and Encrypted Ext4 LUKS

    Which is the best? Well the LUKS system is the easiest to use, VeraCrypt is the most portable, and PGP WholeDisk has the best rating for use in corporate environments as it complies with various government protocols. Which is the chapest? Well both LUKS and VeraCrypt are completely free, while PGP
    WholeDisk is quite expensive in comparison. The question of which is best is something that depends on the environment you wish to use it in. For hackers the best choice is VeraCrypt, because its harder to use than the other alternatives (and is more configurable) and is completely portable. You see, it makes a virtual disk in a single computer file, that file can be copied to USB sticks or portable hard drives, and you can just place the file wherever, mount it, and voila! your disk is now mounted and works perfectly.

    I am qualified to write this article because I have used full versions of all of these alternatives, yes, I even paid for PGP WholeDisk. In my opinion if I'm hiding stuff it will be on LUKS and VeraCrypt, I find that PGP WholeDisk
    is less useful for people who use and love Linux. LUKS and VeraCrypt are
    both available for native Linux EXT4 file systems. On my main box everything is encrypted, both the boot hard drive, the secondary hard drives, and the removable media (usb sticks, etc.) I prefer using LUKS for common use as you just have to plug it in, enter the password, and within a few seconds its mounted. If I'm securing very important documents I might opt to use
    VeraCrypt as it is the most secure solution out of all of the alternatives. This is the case because VeraCrypt can use daisy-chained encryption
    algoritms, up to three cryptography algorithms at one time, the option of steganography, and that VeraCrypt is open-source so if there are any problems in the code the solution to the bugs can be implemented almost immediately.

    One common feature between all three solutions is that they *do* work, and
    they do work very well. They all also support AES (Rijndael Cipher) which is considered the best publically known symmetric cipher out there and is approved for the securing of data up to the level of "top secret" in the intelligence community. So if its good enough to secure the nations secrets its probably good enough to secure whatever it is you want to keep safe.

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