The best thing about TrueCrypt is that it is extremely fast. Unlike other folder locking applications that can be circumvented by booting in safe mode or booting from a cd (or even worse, by terminating the process in Task Manager), the only way to access the data is to mount it using TrueCrypt. The entire file system is encrypted (i.e., file names, folder names, contents of every file, and free space). Until decrypted, a TrueCrypt volume appears to be nothing more than a series of random numbers. No data stored on an encrypted volume can be read (decrypted) without using the correct password or correct encryption key. On-the-fly encryption means that data are automatically encrypted or decrypted right before they are loaded or saved, without any user intervention. Many standard algorithms are supported by TrueCrypt, such as AES-256, Blowfish, CAST5, Serpent, Triple DES, and Twofish.TrueCrypt is a software system for establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted drive. It is possible to create partitions and storage devices encrypted on the hard disk sectors with 4096, 2048 or 1024 bytes. Enabled by default, this small revolution concerns only the recent Intel processors with the necessary capabilities : Intel Core i7- 980X, Intel Core i7 -970, Intel Core i5- 650, Intel Core i5- 655K, Intel Core i5- 660, Intel Core i5 -661, Intel Core i5 -670, Intel Core i5 -680 and more, the speed of encoding and decoding being up to 8 times faster.Ī volume can be mounted directly under Windows subject to provide the correct password. The software also includes hardware acceleration for encryption and decryption of AES algorithm. The encrypted volume is seen by the system as a typical hard and has all the features, being necessary only to enter the password associated with the volume at the time of 'montage'. The application is also able to encrypt an entire volume or partition, which is very useful if there are sensitive information on the USB drive, for example. When mounted, the media appear in Explorer as a local disk. TrueCrypt is a solution for storing encrypted information, allowing to create encrypted virtual disks. Encrypting a USB key or a whole disk or even creating virtual encrypted disks, all these are possible with TrueCrypt.

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