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Project Summary
VeraCrypt is a free disk encryption software brought to you by IDRIX (https://www.idrix.fr) and based on TrueCrypt.
It adds enhanced security to the algorithms used for system and partitions encryption and it also solves many vulnerabilities and security issues found in TrueCrypt.
All released are PGP signed with key 0x680D16DE (Fingerprint = 5069 A233 D55A 0EEB 174A 5FC3 821A CD02 680D 16DE), available on key servers and downloadable at https://www.idrix.fr/VeraCrypt/VeraCrypt_PGP_public_key.asc
In a Nutshell, VeraCrypt...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a large development team
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took an estimated 72 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in June, 2013
ending with its most recent commit 2 days ago
Quick Reference
https://git.code.sf.net/p/veracr...
TrueCrypt Collective License
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Few reported vulnerabilities
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