BestCrypt
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| Developer(s) | Jetico Inc, Oy |
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| Initial release | 1995[1] |
| Stable release | 9.01.2 / 2015-01-07 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, Linux 2.4+, Mac OS X, MS-DOS, Android[2] |
| Type | Disk encryption software |
| Website | www.jetico.com |
BestCrypt is a commercial disk encryption program for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, developed by Jetico. It is a software suite that provides container encryption and partition encryption as well some additional encryption methods and complimentary data erasure utility BCWipe.
Cryptographic algorithms
BestCrypt supports a wide variety of block cipher algorithms including AES, Serpent, Blowfish, Twofish, DES, Triple DES, GOST 28147-89. All ciphers support CBC and LRW modes of operation while AES, Twofish and Serpent also support XTS mode.
Features
- Create and mount a virtual drive encrypted using AES, Blowfish, Twofish, CAST-128[3] and various other encryption methods. BestCrypt v.8 and higher can alternatively mount a subfolder on a NTFS disk instead of a drive. Encrypted virtual disk images are compatible across Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
- Encrypt a set of files into a single, self-extracting archive.
- Transparently encrypt entire partitions or volumes together with pre-boot authentication for encrypted boot partitions.
- Two-factor authentication.
- Support for size-efficient Dynamic Containers with the Smart Free Space Monitoring technology.[4]
- Hardware accelerated encryption.
- Anti-keylogging facilities to protect container and volume passwords.
- Data erasure utility BCWipe to erase unprotected copies of data to compliment encryption.
- Secret sharing and Public Key authentication methods in addition to basic password-based authentication.
See also
- Full disk encryption
- Disk encryption software
- Comparison of disk encryption software
- BCWipe
- OTFE
References
- ↑ "Jetico Inc. Oy Mission". Jetico. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
- ↑ "BestCrypt Explorer on Google play". Jetico. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
- ↑ "New Features in BestCrypt Version 8". Jetico. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ "New Features in BestCrypt Version 9". Jetico Inc. Oy. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
- Bauer, Mick (2002-06-01). "BestCrypt: Cross-Platform Filesystem Encryption". Linux Journal (Specialized Systems Consultants) 2002 (98): page 9. ISSN 1075-3583. Retrieved 2006-11-03.
- "Bestcrypt for Linux documentation". Jetico. 2005-05-17. Retrieved 2006-11-03.