Comments on: Best Encryption for your desktop - TrueCrypt 5 http://www.my10sen.com/2008/02/14/best-encryption-for-your-desktop-truecrypt-5/ Opensource,Freeware,Downloads and some other weird stuff Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:02:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Saqib Ali http://www.my10sen.com/2008/02/14/best-encryption-for-your-desktop-truecrypt-5/#comment-4932 Saqib Ali Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:18:56 +0000 http://www.my10sen.com/2008/02/14/best-encryption-for-your-desktop-truecrypt-5/#comment-4932 I installed TrueCrypt on my laptop and ran some benchmark tests. Benchmark Results: http://www.full-disk-encryption.net/wiki/index.php/TrueCrypt#Benchmarks Pros: 1) Easy to use product. Simple clean interface. Very user-friendly! 2) Free and Open Source 3) Multiple Encryption and Hashing algorithm available. Cons: 1) Buffered Read and Buffered Transfer Rate were almost halved after TrueCrypt FDE was enabled :-(. 2) Access Time for large file (250 MB) increased by 11%. 3) The initial encryption of the 120 GB HDD took 2 hours. I installed TrueCrypt on my laptop and ran some benchmark tests.

Benchmark Results:
http://www.full-disk-encryption.net/wiki/index.php/TrueCrypt#Benchmarks

Pros:
1) Easy to use product. Simple clean interface. Very user-friendly!
2) Free and Open Source
3) Multiple Encryption and Hashing algorithm available.

Cons:
1) Buffered Read and Buffered Transfer Rate were almost halved after TrueCrypt FDE was enabled :-(.
2) Access Time for large file (250 MB) increased by 11%.
3) The initial encryption of the 120 GB HDD took 2 hours.

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