TrueCrypt suggesting migration to BitLocker?

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Post by dewey » Wed, May 28, 2014, 7:04 PM UTC

TrueCrypt suggesting migration to BitLocker?
truecrypt.sourceforge.net

Re: TrueCrypt suggesting migration to BitLocker?

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, May 28, 2014, 7:19 PM UTC

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Post by edwintorok » Wed, May 28, 2014, 7:20 PM UTC

So what was the point of raising money to audit TrueCrypt if they knew they would shut it down once XP was EOL? In fact why didn't they announce this earlier?

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Post by Tomte » Wed, May 28, 2014, 7:21 PM UTC

Is that real? Is the web page just defaced?

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Post by kylemaxwell » Wed, May 28, 2014, 7:22 PM UTC

edwintorok wrote: post #3

So what was the point of raising money to audit TrueCrypt if they knew they would shut it down once XP was EOL? In fact why didn't they announce this earlier?

Different groups - the TrueCrypt audit initiative[0] is (was?) cooperating with the developers but remain independent of them.

  [0]: http://istruecryptauditedyet.com

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Post by braum » Wed, May 28, 2014, 7:27 PM UTC

I'm really confused. Which isn't unusual really, but in this case I think it is understandable.

Re: TrueCrypt suggesting migration to BitLocker?

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Post by Tomte » Wed, May 28, 2014, 7:28 PM UTC

Turning on Bitlocker has been on my TODO list for quite some time now, but to me the real value of Truecrypt wasn't full disk encryption, it was having encrypted volumes and mounting them on a as-needed basis.

And how do I handle sensitive stuff wrt backups? I could burn a Truecrypt volume to a DVD or Blu-ray. I cannot do this in any way with Bitlocker, can I?

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, May 28, 2014, 7:28 PM UTC

Tomte wrote: post #4

Is that real? Is the web page just defaced?

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Post by sp332 » Wed, May 28, 2014, 7:30 PM UTC

edwintorok wrote: post #3

So what was the point of raising money to audit TrueCrypt if they knew they would shut it down once XP was EOL? In fact why didn't they announce this earlier?

Maybe the result of the audit is that it's not secure?

Re: TrueCrypt suggesting migration to BitLocker?

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Post by david_shaw » Wed, May 28, 2014, 7:30 PM UTC

Well - this comes as a pretty big surprise.

Is this real? Is there a known vulnerability that catalyzed this? Money from Microsoft? Threats?

I'm not buying into conspiracy theories, but it does seem pretty out of place.