Inspirated

After trying out TrueCrypt for a day, I decided to migrate all of my encrypted data from BestCrypt to its containers. A number of reasons compelled me to transfer 30 GB of data spread across various containers, some of which included:

• TrueCrypt doesn’t load a plethora of kernel modules whenever I load the main one in memory. I despise seeing about 10 modules, one for each supported algorithm, whenever I tried to load the basic one (bc).
• Similarly, TrueCrypt doesn’t bloat my bin directory with redundant bc* files.
• It also saves me the trouble of even (un)loading the modules as the application automatically takes care of it.
• TrueCrypt has nice wizards for its command-line application. Which spares me the trouble of remembering all those switches involved with the bctool command.
• It also provides some useful features which aren’t present in BestCrypt e.g. key-files and volume header backups.
• Unlike BestCrypt, TrueCrypt can be run without root privileges on Linux.
• One reason to rule them all: it’s free and released under GPL.

For those of your who’re wondering what exactly is TrueCrypt: it’s a disk encryption software which can create virtual password-protected ‘encrypted’ drives on your PC; it’s easy-to-learn and has excellent documentation for beginners. Just head over to the official website and download a version suited to your operating system (and have my sympathies if you’re using a Mac).