VeraCrypt’s features include the ability to create virtual encrypted disks and mount them as if they’re real, provision of plausible deniability, pipelining and parallelization, etc. You can use it to encrypt entire storage devices or only selected partitions using pre-boot authentication.
VeraCrypt is a multi-platform, freeware open source tool created to provide users with on-the-fly encryption. We have covered GPG in a little more detail here. It is compliant with the IETF standards-track specification of OpenPGP and RFC 4889. GnuPG, often referred to as GPG, stands for GNU Privacy Guard and it is a free and open source collection of cryptographic tools created as a replacement for Symantec’s PGP cryptographic software suite. It is easy to set up, runs in the background, and works nicely with any popular cloud service not excluding Dropbox, OneDrive, and iCloud.ĬryFS ensures that no data, including directory structure, metadata, and file content, leave your computer in an unencrypted format. CryFSĬryFS is a free and open source cloud-based encryption tool for safely storing files anywhere. Learn more about Cryptmount from our review here. It works using the newer devmapper mechanism which offers several advantages including improved functionality in the kernel, support for encrypted swap partitions for superusers, support for crypto-swap at system boot, storing multiple encrypted filesystems in a single disk, etc.
