Talk:Disk encryption software

message: How do we define "common" in this context? If it means widely used, then only TrueCrypt, PGP, FileVault and dmcrypt could stay there. The other listed pieces of sotware are rather obscure or spam.Maxt 17:48, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: "Common disk encryption software"

message: Also considering adding WinEncrypt which is closed source and free.
:I wouldn't be so happy about just adding some closed source encryption software. I looked on the WinEncrypt page trying to find some documentation about what encryption was used. I only found the names of two block ciphers, but nowhere did it mention what mode was used. And only a very restricted version of the software is free. Kasperd 10:16, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: WinEncrypt

message: The CrossCrypt article give the impression, that the software can be used on both Windows and Linux. So either this article is wrong or the CrossCrypt article is wrong. Which is it? 17:17, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The CrossCrypt article was indeed incorrect. Fixed. CrossCrypt runs only on Windows. It is compatible with a Linux format, but it does not run on Linux. In the Cross-Platform category, only programs that run on more than one operating system shall be included. To illustrate: if a graphics editor runs only on Windows, then it's still a Windows-only program even though it can load/save the png format (which is a cross-platform format). Maxt 18:32, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: CrossCrypt

message: I just noticed a link to the "Inside NetBSD's CGD" article was added. What kinds of external links should this article have? Maybe also a link to the GBDE article on either http://phk.freebsd.dk/pubs/ or http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/bsdcon03/tech/kamp.html? Kasperd 21:49, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: External links

message: I'm not sure I like the huge list of software at the bottom of this article, and, as other editors above have noted, it could be seen as link spam. My suggestion for the large list of links - to keep it in line with Wikipedia's policy - is that we should only link to products which have a page on WP, and avoid linking to external sites at all. Thoughts? --Boxflux 19:47, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure why you are starting a new section here. I started discussion about this already -- see the section 'Links to commercial software' above.Maxt 08:18, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well to be fair to Boxflux, since you moved your discussion to the top of the talk page, rather then leaving it at the bottom as it should be, Boxflux might have assumed your discussion was ancient discussion and thought it best to restart it. It's usually best not to move around discussion unless archiving or sorting. Moving new discussion to the top tends to be a bad idea as a lot of people like me mostly ignore discussion at the top in long talk pages as I assume it has already been resolved and if not, it's probably best to restart it at the bottom anyway. Nil Einne 10:33, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggestion for list of software

message: There is a great difference in functionality if the software can encrypt the booting volume, perhaps this can be lifted forward in some way?
--87.227.23.114 00:32, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no fundamental (conceptual) difference; it's only a question of whether the tool supports pre-boot authentication or not. The Comparison of disk encryption software article now covers this. -- intgr 07:13, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Volume-level encryption software

message: Does anyone have feelings against retiring the current "Notable disk encryption software" section from this article? The comparison of disk encryption software article should now address all the purposes that this list does — and while entries in this article just advertise whatever features are considered the most remarkable, the comparison article presents the tools in a more neutral manner, in addition to being more informative.
Note that I am the author of the comparison, so do not blindly trust everything I'm saying. :) -- intgr 21:17, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Retire the list of software 

message: Someone, back in February, suggested merging OTFE into here. I say just do it.--Ishi Gustaedr (talk) 17:46, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge On-the-fly encryption into here

message: I would like to see some information on how sensitive disk encryption is to localized data loss. Can most unaffected data be recovered as long as header information is backed up or otherwise available? 149.217.1.6 (talk) 14:10, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Safety of encrypted data 

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