Waited all night to decrypt my TrueCrypt system partition just so I could try VeraCrypts system partition encryption. I've tried a cascaded encryption Serpent-Twofish-AES and upon doing the pre encryption test after entering the correct password the cursor would drop down one line as if it is going to load windows, but there is no HDD activity and it does not re prompt for the correct password. The same occurred using only AES alone. I read that the cascaded encryption may not be working due to an unsigned driver, so to try the AES. I switched back to TrueCrypt 7.0 for the time being.
Comments: Thank you for updating us about this issue. There are certain CPUs where the extra cryptographic computations result in very long delays. In VeraCrypt, the priority is the long term security: CPU power is increasing every year and we want our current security level to remain acceptable in 10 years from now. That being said, we are planning to give the users the freedom to choose between the current high security level and a much lower level that will have good performance on slower CPU. The user will have to make a responsible choice depending on his situation.
Comments: Thank you for updating us about this issue. There are certain CPUs where the extra cryptographic computations result in very long delays. In VeraCrypt, the priority is the long term security: CPU power is increasing every year and we want our current security level to remain acceptable in 10 years from now. That being said, we are planning to give the users the freedom to choose between the current high security level and a much lower level that will have good performance on slower CPU. The user will have to make a responsible choice depending on his situation.
