Project Description
VeraCrypt is a free disk encryption software brought to you by IDRIX
(https://www.idrix.fr) and that is based on TrueCrypt 7.1a.
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latest User Guide PDF)
Release Notes
Frequently Asked Question
Android & iOS Support
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What does VeraCrypt bring to you?
VeraCrypt adds enhanced security to the algorithms used for system and partitions encryption making it immune to new developments in brute-force attacks.
VeraCrypt also solves many vulnerabilities and security issues found in TrueCrypt. The following post describes some of the enhancements and corrections done:https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/discussions/569777#PostContent_1313325
As an example, when the system partition is encrypted, TrueCrypt uses PBKDF2-RIPEMD160 with 1000 iterations whereas in VeraCrypt we use327661. And for standard containers and other partitions, TrueCrypt uses at most 2000 iterations but VeraCrypt uses655331 for RIPEMD160 and
500000 iterations for SHA-2 and Whirlpool.
This enhanced security adds some delay only to the opening of encrypted partitions without any performance impact to the application use phase. This is acceptable to the legitimate owner but it makes it much harder for an attacker to gain access to the encrypted
data.
Starting from version 1.12, it is possible to use custom iterations through the
PIM feature, which can be used to increase the encryption security.
Starting from version 1.0f, VeraCrypt can load TrueCrypt volume. It also offers the possibility to convert TrueCrypt containers and non-system partitions to VeraCrypt format.
UPDATE October 7th 2015 :
VeraCrypt 1.16 has been released. It brings a more stable fix for the TrueCrypt vulnerabilities and it solves two other issues on Windows. Please check the release notes
for the complete list of changes. Download for Windows
is here.
UPDATE September 26th 2015 :VeraCrypt 1.15 has been released. It fixes two vulnerabilities discovered in TrueCrypt on Windows, one of them is critical. It also fixes a couple of bugs.
UPDATE September 16th 2015 :VeraCrypt 1.14 has been released. It adds the possibility of creating volumes using command line on Windows. It also adds some features and fixes some issues.
As usual, a MacOSX version is available in the Downloads section or by clicking on
the following link. It supports MacOSX 10.6 and above and it requires OSXFUSE 2.3 and later(https://osxfuse.github.io/).MacFUSE compatibility layer must checked during OSXFUSE installation.
Also a Linux version is available in the Downloads section or by clicking on
the following link. The package contains the installation scripts for 32-bit and 64-bit versions, and for GUI and console-only version (choose which script is adapted the best to your machine).
All released files are signed with a PGP key available on the following link :https://www.idrix.fr/VeraCrypt/VeraCrypt_PGP_public_key.asc . It's also available on major key servers with ID=0x54DDD393.
Please check that its fingerprint is 993B7D7E8E413809828F0F29EB559C7C54DDD393.
SHA256 and SHA512 sums for all released files are available in the Downloads section.
VeraCrypt on the fly encrypting the system partition :
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VeraCrypt creating an encrypted volume :
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Changing the GUI language of VeraCrypt
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