On Feb 12, 2008, TrueCrypt version 5.0a has been released. It has several fixes for the previous version, TrueCrypt 5.0. I don’t notice TrueCrypt latest release because I don’t check Internet regularly anymore.
Several features that I found very interesting in TrueCrypt version 5.0 are :
- It has GUI for the Linux version
- XTS mode of operations
- Ability to encrypt system partition/drive (for Windows)
- It now has a Rescue Disk for restoring damaged encrypted system partition
- It is using SHA-512 for creating volume
- TrueCrypt for Linux no longer affected by the changes of Linux kernel. A very cool feature.
You can read the other features in TrueCrypt site.
Here are the steps I took to upgrade my previous TrueCrypt (version 4.3a).
- Extract truecrypt tarball :
tar xvzpf truecrypt-5.0a-opensuse-x86.tar.gz
- Change to the latest truecrypt directory :
cd truecrypt-5.0a/
- Upgrade truecrypt on my system :
# rpm -Uvh truecrypt-5.0a-0.i586.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:truecrypt ########################################### [100%]
Here is the TrueCrypt GUI in Linux, amazing :
BTW, the window’s size displayed is not adjustable.
In this version, you can also see TrueCrypt on your taskbar :
Right-click to see the menu :
