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February 5, 2008

New features:

Ability to encrypt a system partition/drive (i.e. a partition/drive where Windows is installed) with pre-boot authentication (anyone who wants to gain access and use the system, read and write files, etc., needs to enter the correct password each time before the system starts). For more information, see the chapter System Encryption in the documentation. (Windows Vista/XP/2003)

Pipelined operations increasing read/write speed by up to 100% (Windows)

Mac OS X version

Graphical user interface for the Linux version of TrueCrypt

XTS mode of operation, which was designed by Phillip Rogaway in 2003 and which was recently approved as the IEEE 1619 standard for cryptographic protection of data on block-oriented storage devices. XTS is faster and more secure than LRW mode (for more information on XTS mode, see the section Modes of Operation in the documentation).

Note: New volumes created by this version of TrueCrypt can be encrypted only in XTS mode. However, volumes created by previous versions of TrueCrypt can still be mounted using this version of TrueCrypt.

SHA-512 hash algorithm (replacing SHA-1, which is no longer available when creating new volumes).

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Improvements, bug fixes, and security enhancements:

The Linux version of TrueCrypt has been redesigned so that it will no longer be affected by changes to the Linux kernel (kernel upgrades/updates).

Many other minor improvements, bug fixes, and security enhancements. (Windows and Linux)

If you are using an older version of TrueCrypt, it is strongly recommended that you upgrade to this version.

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TrueCrypt 5.0

New features:

* Ability to encrypt a system partition/drive (i.e. a partition/drive where Windows is installed) with pre-boot authentication (anyone who wants to gain access and use the system, read and write files, etc., needs to enter the correct password each time before the system starts). For more information, see the chapter System Encryption in the documentation. (Windows Vista/XP/2003)

* Pipelined operations increasing read/write speed by up to 100% (Windows)

* Mac OS X version

* Graphical user interface for the Linux version of TrueCrypt

* XTS mode of operation, which was designed by Phillip Rogaway in 2003 and which was recently approved as the IEEE 1619 standard for cryptographic protection of data on block-oriented storage devices. XTS is faster and more secure than LRW mode (for more information on XTS mode, see the section Modes of Operation in the documentation).

Note: New volumes created by this version of TrueCrypt can be encrypted only in XTS mode. However, volumes created by previous versions of TrueCrypt can still be mounted using this version of TrueCrypt.

* SHA-512 hash algorithm (replacing SHA-1, which is no longer available when creating new volumes).

Note: To re-encrypt the header of an existing volume with a header key derived using HMAC-SHA-512 (PRF), select 'Volumes' > 'Set Header Key Derivation Algorithm'.

Improvements, bug fixes, and security enhancements:

* The Linux version of TrueCrypt has been redesigned so that it will no longer be affected by changes to the Linux kernel (kernel upgrades/updates).

* Many other minor improvements, bug fixes, and security enhancements. (Windows and Linux)

If you are using an older version of TrueCrypt, it is strongly recommended that you upgrade to this version.

Website: TrueCrypt

finally, after a long time :woot:

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Great. System partition encryption was one of few things this tool still missed. :)

I still won't use it because I think performance might suffer a bit too much, instead preferring to off load anything encrypted to a separate partition or a TrueCrypt image. But still, for those who want maximum protection without having to deal with ensuring things like personal files and swap file contents etc are encrypted (and possibly needing to reconfigure the OS to store the profiles on another drive), that update is invaluable. :)

The performance improvements sounds pretty amazing, and now OS X users can rejoice too, as well as Linux users for the nice GUI. :D I guess this is another must download for me. ;)

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CRC32: 6EC63BB6

MD5: A3D94337991B4B84EAD758D868408823

RIPEMD-128: AB771AD7C6B68D9A7ECCA86EFF7A2164

SHA-1: B0206174B69F2B471F7DCBE9A7B7075247CB0F24

Tiger: A9442329484D6B80AB04554CE5EB6D1FAE2FEB35B2BFD5F9

From http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=198971

More mirrors.

http://www.shareonall.com/TrueCrypt_Setup_5.0_tinm.exe

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Not to be cinical... but has anyone ever verified this program does do what it says? Just want to be sure before we consider using it at work on our laptops to encrypt their drives... thanks!

If anyone is sceptical they can review the source code and compile it themselves. Oh, the beauty of open source...

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