The release of 1.0 quickly attracted legal action from SecurStar's owners with accusations that the software was stolen. It was released as a Freeware binary with with "source available" (that is to say, not strictly open source).Į4M was originally developed to enhance the DriveCrypt software being developed by a company called SecurStar. It allowed users to encrypt data on Windows platforms with a friendly UI.Īt the core of this release was the source code for E4M (Encryption For the Masses). This initial release supported Windows platforms only (98, ME, 2000 and XP). In February 2004, TrueCrypt 1.0 was released to the world. It also supports many strong encryption features which are considered complex, but wraps it all up with a useful User Interface.īefore I go into what's just happened I want to briefly touch on TrueCrypts history. "Disk" can be many things including the whole disk (full-disk encryption), portable disks (usb keys and the like) and certain containers on disk (think of it as a portable folder). In a nutshell: TrueCrypt is a bit of software which can be used to encrypt files on disk. It's simply time to find an alternative encryption solution to stash your data in.įirst of all-I'm no expert on TrueCrypt-but felt the need to write a post for some friends who are not in information security but are possibly users of the app. If you're a user of TrueCrypt don't panic.
The reason for this decision is unknown and subject to a large amount of speculation. The TrueCrypt project's website was updated asserting that the software is no longer considered safe to use and is EoL (End of Life).
Instead of let it languish on the social media platform of yesterday, we figured we'd give it a run at Risky Business. It's a little bit of FAQ with a dollop of history, sprinkled with speculation.
Our good buddy Mark Piper of Insomnia Security wrote up a Facebook note (seriously, who does that?) about the TrueCrypt situation.
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