Re: TrueCrypt?

[James Healy <james () stoic co nz>]

Krebson covered it pretty well here:
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/05/true-goodbye-using-truecrypt-is-not-secure/

And a few more speculations here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/29/truecrypt_analysis/

For the most part the general consensus is they're no longer wanting
to continue development - perhaps through pressure, or this release
would spark a lot of sensitive people to momentarily make their data
vulnerable whilst switching to an alternative. This comes at a time
where full auditing was about to go underway (they had only audited
the bootloader in the past), which in itself adds to the speculation.

Really an open-source variant needs to be made readily-available to
the average consumer. I know of plenty of non-IT-savvy people who
would love an opportunity to secure their local data (photos, email,
work) but don't know how - given their current options there's a clear
gap in the market for this; the paranoid consumer. (Rightly so is
objective.)

On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Anthony Fontanez <ajfrcc () rit edu> wrote:
> I'm surprised I haven't seen any discussion about the recent issues with TrueCrypt.  Links to current discussions 
> follow.
>
> /r/sysadmin: http://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/26pxol/truecrypt_is_dead/
> /r/netsec: http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/26pz9b/truecrypt_development_has_ended_052814/
>
> Thank you,
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