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TrueCrypt did the impossible again
Starting from version 5.0 TrueCrypt has support for Full-Disk Encryption using the pre-boot authentication principle.
TrueCrypt has a history of extreme security by providing the functionality of plausible deniability. The problem with encryption is that people can force you to enter your password, but if they can't prove that you are using encryption they can't force you. It is plausible that you are telling the truth.
But why am I telling this? Well, the problem with the full-disk encryption was that the TrueCrypt bootloader was easily detectable. There was no way to have plausible deniability for the fully encrypted disk.
Starting from version 6 the great guys found a way to include plausible deniability and full-disk encryption.But how are they doing it? Well from what I read you can have two passwords in the bootloader. One password will give access to your 'normal OS' and the other password to your 'private and hidden' OS.
They also added a huge performance increase: Support for parallelized encryption/decryption on multi-core processors (or multi-processor systems). Increase in encryption/decryption speed is directly proportional to the number of cores and/or processors.
For example, if your computer has a quad-core processor, encryption and decryption will be four times faster than on a single-core processor with equivalent specifications (likewise, it will be twice faster on dual-core processors, etc.)
Well done guys. I'll soon upgrade my v5.1 to the latest v6 edition.
