CrossCrypt

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CrossCrypt is free software (under GPL ) for the transparent encryption and decryption of hard disks and other data carriers for Microsoft Windows XP and 2000 with compatibility to Linux . Similar to TrueCrypt, CrossCrypt offers the encryption of so-called container files , which can be integrated as virtual drives under Windows. The software supports the Twofish and AES algorithms in the versions AES-128, AES-192 and AES-256.

CrossCrypt is compatible with loop-aes and thus, alongside FreeOTFE and TrueCrypt (from version 4), one of the few encryption programs that run on Linux and Windows.

Comparison with similar programs

CrossCrypt has the following advantages and disadvantages compared to FreeOTFE and TrueCrypt :

  • FreeOTFE and TrueCrypt use Salt and random initialization vectors to increase security. CrossCrypt does not offer this security and is therefore more susceptible to rainbow table attacks.
  • TrueCrypt offer some form of credible deniability (Engl. Plausible deniability ) by hidden partitions ( "hidden volume"), which lie in the free memory of another.
  • CrossCrypt can read encrypted CDs. To do this, you create an ISO image of a CD, encrypt it with CrossCrypt and then burn the encrypted memory image onto a new CD-R (W). The CD encrypted in this way can be mounted and read with CrossCrypt.
  • CrossCrypt uses CBC ; TrueCrypt uses LRW / XTS, FreeOTFE one of the 3 modes of your choice.

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