VeraCrypt v1.24-Update2
Open source
Vista / Win10 / Win7 / Win8 / WinXP
Vista / Win10 / Win7 / Win8 / WinXP
VeraCrypt is a free disk encryption software that is based on TrueCrypt.
It adds enhanced security to the algorithms used for system and partitions encryption making it immune to new developments in brute-force attacks.
For example, when the system partition is encrypted, TrueCrypt uses PBKDF2-RIPEMD160 with 1000 iterations whereas in VeraCrypt we use 327661. And for standard containers and other partitions, TrueCrypt uses at most 2000 iterations but VeraCrypt uses 655331 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 more harder for an attacker to gain access to the encrypted data.
VeraCrypt storage format is INCOMPATIBLE with TrueCrypt storage format.
It adds enhanced security to the algorithms used for system and partitions encryption making it immune to new developments in brute-force attacks.
For example, when the system partition is encrypted, TrueCrypt uses PBKDF2-RIPEMD160 with 1000 iterations whereas in VeraCrypt we use 327661. And for standard containers and other partitions, TrueCrypt uses at most 2000 iterations but VeraCrypt uses 655331 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 more harder for an attacker to gain access to the encrypted data.
VeraCrypt storage format is INCOMPATIBLE with TrueCrypt storage format.
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Keywords:
veracrypt
truecrypt
encryption
system encryption
partitions encryption
License type
Open source1
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Date added
11 Aug 2020
Downloads
3,956
File size
34.55 MB
(< 5min @ 1Mbps)
Supported languages
English,
Finnish,
Swedish,
Norwegian,
Spanish,
Dutch,
Danish
Operating systems
Vista / Win10 / Win7 / Win8 / WinXP1
1License and operating system information is based on latest version of the software.
11 Aug 2020VeraCrypt v1.24 Update 7(Latest stable version)
10 Mar 2020VeraCrypt v1.24-Update5
26 Jan 2020VeraCrypt v1.24-Update4
18 Dec 2019VeraCrypt v1.24-Update2
07 Nov 2019VeraCrypt v1.24-Hotfix1
20 Jan 2019VeraCrypt v1.23-Hotfix-2
31 Mar 2018VeraCrypt v1.22
10 Jul 2017VeraCrypt v1.21
19 Oct 2016VeraCrypt v1.19
19 Aug 2016VeraCrypt v1.18a
18 Aug 2016VeraCrypt v1.18
18 Feb 2016VeraCrypt v1.17
07 Oct 2015VeraCrypt v1.16
29 Sep 2015VeraCrypt v1.15
17 Sep 2015VeraCrypt v1.14
12 Aug 2015VeraCrypt v1.13
08 Aug 2015VeraCrypt v1.12
23 Jul 2015VeraCrypt v1.0f-2
26 Jan 2015VeraCrypt v1.0f-1
01 Jan 2015VeraCrypt v1.0f
22 Sep 2014VeraCrypt v1.0e
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