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Posted by Joe John on May 8, 2006, 7:35 am
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> Andrew@DeFaria.com says...
>>Any encryption scheme is crackable given enough resources.
>
> Your statement is true, but not very useful. An encryption scheme
> that would take current high-end computers millions of years to crack
> is, for all intents and purposes, uncrackable in the forseeable
> future. There are encryption algorithms that have been shown to be
> insecure (an example is the old ZIP password protection), and can be
> cracked using a typical computer in a very short period of time.
> Something like AES isn't likely to be cracked by a typical computer
> (or even several thousand typical computers) in any reasonable
> timeframe, particularly if a strong passphrase is chosen.
>
Further, the encryption schemes used in TC are designed to NOT be
crackable, by any computer. That is the whole field of cryptography,
finding an algorithm that resists such attacks. These folks dedicate
their careers making and breaking, such algorithms. The over 8??
algorithms in TC have not yet been reported cracked. Even if one is,
mixing them together reduces any possibility of deciphering _your_
combination.
> Perhaps, but TrueCrypt is pretty darn easy to use, and generally isn't
> something that needs to be updated regularly. On my system, the only
> extra complexity is that I periodically need to enter my passphrase to
> access that data. The payback is that my data is totally secure, even
> if somebody steals my machine.
Yes, totally secure by what exits in todays technology. Far better than
what any 3rd party to date, Microsoft or Quicken provides by default.
And, its free.
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