TrueCrypt

Work From Home (or Anywhere Else) on Fridays

August 28, 2009

About a year ago, I started blocking off Friday on my calendar, calling it a “writing day.” Apart from the odd court date I have no control over, that block of time is inviolable. I use my Fridays to work from home (where I am right now), catch up on reading material, write briefs or [...]

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TrueCrypt 6.0 out and looking even better than ever

July 7, 2008

TrueCrypt 6.0 was released on the 4th, and includes some great new features, including the ability to encrypt and hide the entire operating system for Windows users. It is also optimized for multiple-core processors.
TrueCrypt 6.0 is available for Windows, Apple OSX, and Linux. Get it here.
For first-time encrypters, last year I posted a tutorial on [...]

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Why you should try free software

June 6, 2008

“Free” has two meanings: (1) gratis, and (2) libertas. When I say free software, I mean libertas, although much free software is gratis, as well.
Choice
There are two parts to choice: (1) different software that does the same thing, and (2) the ability to modify software to do what you want.
Don’t like the way Word handles [...]

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TrueCrypt 5.0 released with major new features, Linux GUI

February 6, 2008

My favorite encryption software, TrueCrypt, released a major update today. There are two major new features:

TrueCrypt now allows encryption of the entire system partition in Windows. TrueCrypt has enabled encryption of non-system partitions before, but this features allows you to encrypt your entire drive.
The long-awaited graphical interface for GNU/Linux!

TrueCrypt is a free and open-source software [...]

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