Do you store your
accounts id ,password
or any other
confidential info in plain
text? If you say yes,
You must read this
article. Risks of Storing
confidential data in
Plain Text:1. Your friends or
any other who has
access to your pc
are able to view
your confidential
data. Because it is
in simple text.
2. Malwares/
spywares are able
to send the data file
from your pc to
Attackers system.
This time your
data are really in
risk.
3. If you have any
confidential files(Eg:
important
company projects)
without
passwords ,
others may get
access to your pc
and steal the
information.
So Here i am going to
introduce a new
Security Tools known
as TrueCrypt(Best and
my favorite tool) What is Truecrypt?TrueCrypt is a
software system
for establishing
and maintaining
an on-the-fly-
encrypted
volume (data
storage device).
On-the-fly
encryption
means that data
is automatically
encrypted right
before it is saved
and decrypted
right after it is
loaded, without
any user
intervention. No
data stored on
an encrypted
volume can be
read (decrypted)
without using
the correct
password/keyfile
(s) or correct
encryption keys.
Entire file system
is encrypted
(e.g., file names,
folder names,
contents of
every file, free
space, meta
data, etc) More info about it-Files can be copied to
and from a mounted
TrueCrypt volume just
like they are copied to/
from any normal disk
(for example, by simple
drag-and-drop
operations).
Files are automatically
being decrypted on the
fly (in memory/RAM)
while they are being
read or copied from an
encrypted TrueCrypt
volume. Similarly, files
that are being written
or copied to the
TrueCrypt volume are
automatically being
encrypted on the fly
(right before they are
written to the disk) in
RAM.
Note that this does not
mean that the whole
file that is to be
encrypted/decrypted
must be stored in RAM
before it can be
encrypted/decrypted.
There are no extra
memory (RAM)
requirements for
TrueCrypt.
Let's suppose that there
is an .avi video file
stored on a TrueCrypt
volume (therefore, the
video file is entirely
encrypted). The user
provides the correct
password (and/or
keyfile) and mounts
(opens) the TrueCrypt
volume. When the
user double clicks the
icon of the video file,
the operating system
launches the application
associated with the file
type – typically a media
player. The media
player then begins
loading a small initial
portion of the video file
from the TrueCrypt-
encrypted volume to
RAM (memory) in
order to play it. While
the portion is being
loaded, TrueCrypt is
automatically
decrypting it (in RAM).
The decrypted portion
of the video (stored in
RAM) is then played by
the media player. While
this portion is being
played, the media
player begins loading
another small portion
of the video file from
the TrueCrypt-
encrypted volume to
RAM (memory) and the
process repeats. This
process is called on-
the-fly encryption/
decryption and it
works for all file types
(not only for video
files).
Note that TrueCrypt
never saves any
decrypted data to a
disk – it only stores
them temporarily in
RAM (memory). Even
when the volume is
mounted, data stored
in the volume is still
encrypted. When you
restart Windows or
turn off your
computer, the volume
will be dismounted and
files stored in it will be
inaccessible (and
encrypted). Even when
power supply is
suddenly interrupted
(without proper
system shut down),
files stored in the
volume are inaccessible
(and encrypted). To
make them accessible
again, you have to
mount the volume
(and provide the
correct password and/
or keyfile). Main features-1.Creates
a virtual
encrypt
ed disk
within a
file and
mounts
it as a
real
disk.
2.Encrypt
s an
entire
partition
or
storage
device
such as
USB
flash
drive or
hard
drive.
3.Encrypt
s a
partition
or drive
where
Windo
ws is
installed
(pre-
boot
authenti
cation).
4.Encrypti
on is
automat
ic, real-
time
(on-the-
fly) and
transpar
ent.
5.Paralleliz
ation
and
pipelinin
g allow
data to
be read
and
written
as fast
as if the
drive
was not
encrypt
ed.
6.Encrypti
on can
be
hardwa
re-
accelera
ted on
modern
process
ors.
7.Provide
s
plausibl
e
deniabili
ty, in
case an
adversa
ry
forces
you to
reveal
the
passwo
rd:
Hidden
volume
(stegan
o
graphy)
and
hidden
operatin
g
system.
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