BestCrypt

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BestCrypt
Developed by	Jetico, Inc.
Latest release	8.04 / 2008-02-28
OS	Windows NT family, Windows 9x, Linux 2.4+, MS-DOS
Genre	Disk encryption software
Website	www.jetico.com

BestCrypt is a commercial disk encryption software produced by Jetico for Windows and Linux. BestCrypt is among the most popular commercial disk encryption solutions available.^{[citation needed]} Dating back to 1993, it is also one of the oldest.^[1]

The BestCrypt Linux version, including the free 30-day trial, comes with full source code, although not licensed under an open source license. The source code of security-related parts of the Windows version is also available with the BestCrypt software development kit, though this does not include all of the Windows source code, and was done in order to give third parties a chance to review the code for security.

BestCrypt versions prior to 7.10 (or version 1.3 for Linux) suffered from a watermarking attack vulnerability defeating the deniable encryption features of the product. Within two weeks of the initial disclosure of the flaw on 2003-10-23, Jetico released fixed versions of BestCrypt addressing this issue.^[2]

The version for MS-DOS is freeware.

1 Features
2 See also
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Features

Notable features of BestCrypt include:

Whole-disk encryption (including the boot partition of Windows).
A wide choice of encryption algorithms, including AES, Blowfish, Twofish, GOST 28147-89, IDEA, CAST-128, Triple DES and DES. Support for new algorithms can be added by third parties by writing a plugin.
Deniable encryption through the use of hidden containers within existing encrypted partitions, analogous to TrueCrypt. Hidden containers are virtually unlimited in size and work with all supported file systems.
Swap space encryption.
Interoperability between different operating systems. Runs under Linux 2.4 and 2.6, the Windows NT family, as well as older Windows 9x and MS-DOS.^[1]