Comparison of disk encryption software

This is a technical feature comparison of different disk encryption software.

Background information

Encryption	Developer	First released	Licensing	Maintained?
Aloaha Secure Stick	Aloaha	2008	Proprietary	No
ArchiCrypt Live	Softwaredevelopment Remus ArchiCrypt	1998	Proprietary	Yes
BestCrypt	Jetico	1993	Proprietary	Yes
BitArmor DataControl	BitArmor Systems Inc.	2008-05	Proprietary	Yes
BitLocker	Microsoft	2006	Proprietary	Yes
Bloombase Keyparc	Bloombase	2007	Proprietary	No
CGD	Roland C. Dowdeswell	2002-10-04	BSD	Yes
CenterTools DriveLock	CenterTools	2008	Proprietary	Yes
Check Point Full Disk Encryption	Check Point Software Technologies Ltd	1999	Proprietary	Yes
CipherShed	CipherShed Project	2014	TrueCrypt License Version 3.0	Yes
CrossCrypt	Steven Scherrer	2004-02-10	GPL	No
Cryhod	Prim'X Technologies	2010	Proprietary	Yes
Cryptainer	Cypherix Software	1999	Proprietary	Yes
CryptArchiver	WinEncrypt	?	Proprietary	Yes
cryptoloop	?	2003-07-02	GPL	No
Discryptor	Cosect Ltd.	2008	Proprietary	No
DiskCryptor	ntldr	2007	GPL	Yes
DISK Protect	Becrypt Ltd	2001	Proprietary	Yes
cryptsetup/dmsetup	Christophe Saout	2004-03-11	GPL	Yes
dm-crypt/LUKS	Clemens Fruhwirth (LUKS)	2005-02-05	GPL	Yes
DriveCrypt	SecurStar GmbH	2001	Proprietary	Yes
DriveSentry GoAnywhere 2	DriveSentry	2008	Proprietary	No
E4M	Paul Le Roux	1998-12-18	Open source	No
e-Capsule Private Safe	EISST Ltd.	2005	Proprietary	Yes
eCryptfs	Dustin Kirkland, Tyler Hicks, (formerly Mike Halcrow)	2005	GPL	Yes
EgoSecure HDD Encryption	EgoSecure GmbH	2006	Proprietary	Yes
EncFS	Valient Gough	2003	LGPLv3	Yes
EncryptStick	ENC Security Systems	2009	Proprietary	Yes
FileVault	Apple Inc.	2003-10-24	Proprietary	Yes
FileVault 2	Apple Inc.	2011-07-20	Proprietary	Yes
FREE CompuSec	CE-Infosys	2002	Proprietary	Yes
FreeOTFE	Sarah Dean	2004-10-10	Open source	No
GBDE	Poul-Henning Kamp	2002-10-19	BSD	Yes
GELI	Pawel Jakub Dawidek	2005-04-11	BSD	Yes
Knox	AgileBits	2010	Proprietary	Yes
KryptOS	The MorphOS Development Team	2010	Proprietary	Yes
LibreCrypt	tdk	2014-06-19	Open source	Yes
loop-AES	Jari Ruusu	2001-04-11	GPL	Yes
McAfee Drive Encryption (SafeBoot)	McAfee, Inc.	2007	Proprietary	Yes
n-Crypt Pro	n-Trance Security Ltd	2005	Proprietary	Yes
PGPDisk	PGP Corporation (acquired by Symantec in 2010)	1998-09-01	Proprietary	Yes
Private Disk	Dekart	1993	Proprietary	Yes
ProxyCrypt	v77	2013	Open source	Yes
R-Crypto	R-Tools Technology Inc	2008	Proprietary	Yes
SafeGuard Easy	Sophos (Utimaco)	1993	Proprietary	Yes
SafeGuard Enterprise	Sophos (Utimaco)	2007	Proprietary	Yes
SafeGuard PrivateDisk	Sophos (Utimaco)	2000	Proprietary	Yes
SafeHouse Professional	PC Dynamics, Inc.	1992	Proprietary	Yes
Scramdisk	Shaun Hollingworth	1997-07-01	Open source	No
Scramdisk 4 Linux	Hans-Ulrich Juettner	2005-08-06	GPL	No
SecuBox	Aiko Solutions	2007-02-19	Proprietary	Yes
SECUDE Secure Notebook	SECUDE	2003	Proprietary	Yes
SecureDoc	WinMagic Inc.	1997	Proprietary	Yes
Sentry 2020	SoftWinter	1998	Proprietary	Yes
softraid / RAID C	OpenBSD	2007-11-01	BSD	Yes
SpyProof!	Information Security Corp.	2002	Proprietary	Yes
svnd / vnconfig	OpenBSD	2000-12-01	BSD	Yes
Symantec Endpoint Encryption	Symantec Corporation	2008	Proprietary	Yes
tcplay	Alex Hornung	2012-01-28	BSD	Yes
Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption (Mobile Armor)	Trend Micro	2004	Proprietary	Yes
TrueCrypt	TrueCrypt Foundation	2004-02-02	TrueCrypt License 3.1	No
USBCrypt	WinAbility Software Corp.	2010	Proprietary	Yes
VeraCrypt	IDRIX	2013-06-22	Apache License 2.0 TrueCrypt License Version 3.0 (legacy code only)	Yes
CyberSafe Top Secret	CyberSoft	2013	Proprietary	Yes
Name	Developer	First released	Licensing	Maintained?

Operating systems

Name	Windows NT-based	Pre-Windows NT	Windows Mobile/Pocket PC	FreeBSD	Linux	Mac OS X	NetBSD	OpenBSD	DragonFly BSD	Android
Aloaha Secure Stick	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
BestCrypt Volume Encryption	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
BitArmor DataControl	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
BitLocker Drive Encryption	Yes	No	No	No	Partial	Partial	No	No	No	No
Bloombase Keyparc	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
CenterTools DriveLock	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
CGD	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Check Point Full Disk Encryption	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
CipherShed	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
CrossCrypt	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Cryhod	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Cryptainer	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
CryptArchiver	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
cryptoloop	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
cryptsetup/ dmsetup	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Discryptor	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
DiskCryptor	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
DISK Protect	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
dm-crypt/LUKS	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
DriveCrypt	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
DriveSentry GoAnywhere 2	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
E4M	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
e-Capsule Private Safe	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
eCryptfs	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
EgoSecure HDD Encryption	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
encryptstick	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
FileVault	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
FileVault 2	No	No	No	No	Partial	Yes	No	No	No
FREE CompuSec	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
FreeOTFE	Yes	No	Yes	No	Partial	No	No	No	No	No
GBDE	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
GELI	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Knox	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
LibreCrypt	Yes	No	No	No	Partial	No	No	No	No	Yes
loop-AES	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
McAfee Drive Encryption (SafeBoot)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
n-Crypt Pro	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
PGPDisk	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
PGP Whole Disk Encryption	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Private Disk	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
ProxyCrypt	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
R-Crypto	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
SafeGuard Easy	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
SafeGuard Enterprise	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
SafeGuard PrivateDisk	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
SafeHouse Professional	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Scramdisk	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Scramdisk 4 Linux	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
SecuBox	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
SecureDoc	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Sentry 2020	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
softraid / RAID C	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
SpyProof!	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
svnd / vnconfig	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Symantec Endpoint Encryption	Partial	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
tcplay	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
TrueCrypt	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
USBCrypt	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
VeraCrypt	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
CyberSafe Top Secret	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Name	Windows NT-based	Pre-Windows NT	Windows Mobile/Pocket PC	FreeBSD	Linux	Mac OS X	NetBSD	OpenBSD	DragonFly BSD	Android

Features

• Hidden containers: Whether hidden containers (an encrypted container (A) within another encrypted container (B) so the existence of container A can not be established) can be created for deniable encryption. Note that some modes of operation like CBC with a plain IV can be more prone to watermarking attacks than others.
• Pre-boot authentication: Whether authentication can be required before booting the computer, thus allowing one to encrypt the boot disk.
• Single sign-on: Whether credentials provided during pre-boot authentication will automatically log the user into the host operating system, thus preventing password fatigue and reducing the need to remember multiple passwords.
• Custom authentication: Whether custom authentication mechanisms can be implemented with third-party applications.
• Multiple keys: Whether an encrypted volume can have more than one active key.
• Passphrase strengthening: Whether key strengthening is used with plain text passwords to frustrate dictionary attacks, usually using PBKDF2.
• Hardware acceleration: Whether dedicated cryptographic accelerator expansion cards can be taken advantage of.
• Trusted Platform Module: Whether the implementation can use a TPM cryptoprocessor.
• Filesystems: what filesystems are supported.
• Two-factor authentication: Whether optional security tokens (hardware security modules, such as Aladdin eToken and smart cards) are supported (for example using PKCS#11)

Name	Hidden containers	Pre-boot authentication	Single sign-on	Custom authentication	Multiple keys	Passphrase strengthening	Hardware acceleration	TPM	Filesystems	Two-factor authentication
Aloaha Secure Stick	Yes	No	N/A	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	NTFS, FAT32	Yes
ArchiCrypt Live	Yes	No	N/A	No	Yes	No	No	No	?	Yes
BestCrypt	Yes	Yes	?	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Any supported by OS	Yes
BitArmor DataControl	No	Yes	?	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	NTFS, FAT32 on non-system volumes	No
BitLocker Drive Encryption	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Chiefly NTFS	Yes
Bloombase Keyparc	No	No	N/A	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	?
CGD	No	No	N/A	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Any supported by OS	Yes
CenterTools DriveLock	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Any supported by OS	Yes
Check Point Full Disk Encryption	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	NTFS, FAT32	Yes
CipherShed	Yes (limited to one per "outer" container)	only on Windows	?	No	yes with multiple keyfiles	Yes	Yes	No	Only Windows MBR volumes; no UEFI GPT drives, and dynamic drives discouraged	Yes
CrossCrypt	No	No	N/A	No	No	No	No	No	?	No
CryptArchiver	No	No	N/A	No	No	?	No	No	?	?
Cryhod	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Any supported by OS	No
cryptoloop	No	Yes	?	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Any supported by OS	?
cryptsetup/ dmsetup	No	Yes	?	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Any supported by OS	No
DiskCryptor	No	Yes	?	No	No	No	Yes	No	Only Windows MBR volumes; no UEFI GPT drives	Yes
DISK Protect	?	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?	No	?	?
dm-crypt/LUKS	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Any supported by OS	Yes
DriveCrypt	Yes	Yes	?	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Any supported by OS	Yes
DriveSentry GoAnywhere 2	No	No	N/A	Yes	No	Yes	No	?	Any supported by OS	Yes
E4M	No	No	N/A	No	No	?	No	No	?	No
e-Capsule Private Safe	Yes	No	N/A	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	?	?
eCryptfs	No	No	N/A	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
EgoSecure HDD Encryption	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	NTFS, FAT32	Yes
FileVault	No	No	N/A	No	Two passwords	Yes	?	No	HFS+, possibly others	No
FileVault 2	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	HFS+, possibly others	No
FREE CompuSec	No	Yes	?	No	No	No	No	No	Any supported by OS	No
FreeOTFE	Yes	No	N/A	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Any supported by OS	Yes
GBDE	No	No	N/A	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Any supported by OS	Yes
GELI	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Any supported by OS	Yes
loop-AES	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Any supported by OS	Yes
McAfee Drive Encryption (SafeBoot)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Any supported by OS	Yes
n-Crypt Pro	No	No	N/A	No	No	N/A	No	No	?	?
PGPDisk	No	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes
Private Disk	No	No	N/A	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Any supported by OS	Yes
ProxyCrypt	Yes	No	N/A	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Any supported by OS	No
R-Crypto	?	No	N/A	?	?	?	?	?	Any supported by OS	?
SafeGuard Easy	No	Yes	?	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Any supported by OS	Yes
SafeGuard Enterprise	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Any supported by OS	Yes
SafeGuard PrivateDisk	No	No	N/A	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Any supported by OS	Yes
SafeHouse Professional	No	No	N/A	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Any supported by OS	Yes
Scramdisk	Yes	No	N/A	No	No	No	No	No	?	Last update to web site 2009-07-02
Scramdisk 4 Linux	Yes	No	N/A	No	No	Yes	No	No	ext2, ext3, reiserfs, minix, ntfs, vfat/msdos	No
SecuBox	No	No	N/A	No	No	Yes	No	No	?	No
SecureDoc	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
Sentry 2020	No	No	?	No	No	No	No	No	?	No
softraid / RAID C	No	No	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	Any supported by OS	?
svnd / vnconfig	No	No	N/A	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	Any supported by OS	?
Symantec Endpoint Encryption	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	NTFS, FAT32	Yes
Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Any supported by OS	Yes
TrueCrypt	Yes (limited to one per "outer" container)	only on Windows	?	No	yes with multiple keyfiles	Yes	Yes	No	Only Windows MBR volumes; no UEFI GPT drives, and dynamic drives discouraged	Yes
VeraCrypt	Yes (limited to one per "outer" container)	only on Windows	No	No	yes with multiple keyfiles	Yes	Yes	No	Only Windows MBR volumes; no UEFI GPT drives, and dynamic drives discouraged	Yes
CyberSafe Top Secret	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Only Windows MBR volumes; no UEFI GPT drives, and dynamic drives discouraged	Yes
Name	Hidden containers	Pre-boot authentication	Single sign-on	Custom authentication	Multiple keys	Passphrase strengthening	Hardware acceleration	TPM	Filesystems	Two-factor authentication

Layering

• Whole disk: Whether the whole physical disk or logical volume can be encrypted, including the partition tables and master boot record. Note that this does not imply that the encrypted disk can be used as the boot disk itself; refer to "pre-boot authentication" in the features comparison table.
• Partition: Whether individual disk partitions can be encrypted.
• File: Whether the encrypted container can be stored in a file (usually implemented as encrypted loop devices).
• Swap space: Whether the swap space (called a "pagefile" on Windows) can be encrypted individually/explicitly.
• Hibernation file: Whether the hibernation file is encrypted (if hibernation is supported).

Name	Whole disk	Partition	File	Swap space	Hibernation file
Aloaha Secure Stick	No	No	Yes	No	No
ArchiCrypt Live	Yes (except for the boot volume)	Yes	Yes	No	No
BestCrypt	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
BitArmor DataControl	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
BitLocker Drive Encryption	Yes (except for the boot volume)	Yes	Yes	Yes (parent volume is encrypted)	Yes (parent volume is encrypted)
Bloombase Keyparc	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
CenterTools DriveLock	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
CGD	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Check Point Full Disk Encryption	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
CipherShed	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	only on Windows
CrossCrypt	No	No	Yes	No	No
CryptArchiver	No	No	Yes	No	No
Cryhod	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes (parent volume is encrypted)
cryptoloop	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Cryptomill	Yes	N/A	Yes	N/A	N/A
DiskCryptor	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
dm-crypt	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
DriveCrypt	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
DriveSentry GoAnywhere 2	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
E4M	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
e-Capsule Private Safe	No	No	Yes	No	No
eCryptfs	No	No	Yes	No	No
EgoSecure HDD Encryption	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
FileVault	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
FileVault 2	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
FREE CompuSec	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
FreeOTFE	Yes (except for the boot volume)	Yes	Yes	No	No
GBDE	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
GELI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
loop-AES	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
McAfee Drive Encryption (SafeBoot)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
n-Crypt Pro	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
PGPDisk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	only on Windows
Private Disk	No	No	Yes	No	No
ProxyCrypt	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
R-Crypto	No	No	Yes	No	No
SafeGuard Easy	Yes	Yes	extra module	Yes	Each sector on disk is encrypted
SafeGuard Enterprise	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Each sector on disk is encrypted
SafeGuard PrivateDisk	No	No	Yes	No	No
SafeHouse Professional	No	No	Yes	No	No
Scramdisk	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Scramdisk 4 Linux	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
SecuBox	No	No	Yes	N/A	No
SecureDoc	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sentry 2020	No	No	Yes	No	No
softraid / RAID C	Yes	Yes	No	Yes (encrypted by default in OpenBSD)	No
svnd / vnconfig	?	Yes	Yes	Yes (encrypted by default in OpenBSD)	?
SpyProof!	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Symantec Endpoint Encryption	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
TrueCrypt	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	only on Windows
VeraCrypt	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	only on Windows
CyberSafe Top Secret	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Name	Whole disk	Partition	File	Swap space	Hibernation file

Modes of operation

Different modes of operation supported by the software. Note that an encrypted volume can only use one mode of operation.

• CBC with predictable IVs: The CBC (cipher block chaining) mode where initialization vectors are statically derived from the sector number and are not secret; this means that IVs are re-used when overwriting a sector and the vectors can easily be guessed by an attacker, leading to watermarking attacks.
• CBC with secret IVs: The CBC mode where initialization vectors are statically derived from the encryption key and sector number. The IVs are secret, but they are re-used with overwrites. Methods for this include ESSIV and encrypted sector numbers (CGD).
• CBC with random per-sector keys: The CBC mode where random keys are generated for each sector when it is written to, thus does not exhibit the typical weaknesses of CBC with re-used initialization vectors. The individual sector keys are stored on disk and encrypted with a master key. (See GBDE for details)
• LRW: The Liskov-Rivest-Wagner tweakable narrow-block mode, a mode of operation specifically designed for disk encryption. Superseded by the more secure XTS mode due to security concerns.
• XTS: XEX-based Tweaked CodeBook mode (TCB) with CipherText Stealing (CTS), the SISWG (IEEE P1619) standard for disk encryption.

Name	CBC w/ predictable IVs	CBC w/ secret IVs	CBC w/ random per-sector keys	LRW	XTS
Aloaha Secure Stick	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
ArchiCrypt Live	No	No	No	Legacy support	Yes
BestCrypt	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
BitArmor DataControl	No	Yes	Plumb-IV	No	No
BitLocker Drive Encryption	No	Yes	No	No	Yes, Windows 10 10547+
Bloombase Keyparc	?	Yes	?	?	?
CGD	No	Yes	No	No	No
CenterTools DriveLock	?	?	?	?	?
Check Point Full Disk Encryption	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
CipherShed	Legacy support	No	No	Legacy support	Yes
CrossCrypt	Yes	No	No	No	No
CryptArchiver	?	?	?	?	?
Cryhod	Yes	No	No	No	No
cryptoloop	Yes	No	No	No	No
DiskCryptor	No	No	No	No	Yes
dm-crypt	Yes	Yes	No	Yes, using *-lrw-benbi	Yes, using *-xts-plain
DriveCrypt	?	?	?	?	?
DriveSentry GoAnywhere 2	?	?	?	?	?
E4M	?	?	?	No	No
e-Capsule Private Safe	?	?	?	?	?
eCryptfs	No	Yes	?	No	No
EgoSecure HDD Encryption	No	Yes	No	No	No
FileVault	Yes	No	No	No	No
FileVault 2	No	No	No	No	Yes
FREE CompuSec	Yes	No	No	No	No
FreeOTFE	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
GBDE	No	No	Yes	No	No
GELI	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
loop-AES	single-key, multi-key-v2 modes	multi-key-v3 mode	No	No	No
McAfee Drive Encryption (SafeBoot)	No	Yes	No	No	No
n-Crypt Pro	?	?	No	No	No
PGPDisk	?	?	?	?	?
Private Disk	No	Yes	No	No	No
ProxyCrypt	No	No	No	No	Yes
R-Crypto	?	?	?	?	?
SafeGuard Easy	?	?	?	?	?
SafeGuard Enterprise	?	?	?	?	?
SafeGuard PrivateDisk	?	?	?	?	?
SafeHouse Professional	Yes	No	No	No	No
Scramdisk	No	Yes	No	No	No
Scramdisk 4 Linux	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
SecuBox	Yes	No	No	No	No
SecureDoc	?	?	?	?	?
Sentry 2020	?	?	?	?	?
softraid / RAID C	?	?	?	?	Yes
svnd / vnconfig	?	?	?	?	?
Symantec Endpoint Encryption	No	No	Yes	No	No
TrueCrypt	Legacy support	No	No	Legacy support	Yes
USBCrypt	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
VeraCrypt	No	No	No	No	Yes
CyberSafe Top Secret	No	No	No	No	Yes
Name	CBC w/ predictable IVs	CBC w/ secret IVs	CBC w/ random per-sector keys	LRW	XTS

See also

• Cold boot attack
• Comparison of encrypted external drives
• Disk encryption software
• Disk encryption theory
• List of cryptographic file systems

External links

• DiskCryptor vs Truecrypt - Comparison in between DiskCryptor and Truecrypt
• Buyer's Guide to Full Disk Encryption - Overview of full-disk encryption, how it works, and how it differs from file-level encryption—plus an overview of leading full-disk encryption software.

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• Company and product name change to Pointsec
• Initial cryptoloop patches for the Linux 2.5 development kernel: http://uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0307.0/0348.html
• dm-crypt was first included in Linux kernel version 2.6.4: http://lwn.net/Articles/75404/
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• Rebranded as ThinkVantage Client Security
• OpenBSD 4.2 change notes
• OpenBSD 2.8 change notes
• [1]
• Trend Micro
• [2]
• TrueCrypt version history
• VeraCrypt version history
• http://www.jetico.com/products/enterprise-data-protection/bestcrypt-volume-encryption
• [3] FUSE driver to read/write Windows' BitLocker-ed volumes under Linux / Mac OSX
• http://www.checkpoint.com/products/full-disk-encryption/DS_FullDisk_Encryption_120614.pdf
• [4] Although CipherShed can be built under FreeBSD, it is not recommended to run it because of bugs and instabilities when CipherShed is attempted to be used
• [5] Third party app allows to open containers encryptes with AES-256, SHA-512 hash and FAT file system
• [6] PocketPC freeware release- SmartPhone beta available
• [7] FreeOTFE supports cryptoloop, dm-crypt/cryptsetup/dmsetup, and dm-crypt/LUKS volumes
• [8] FreeOTFE4PDA supports dm-crypt/LUKS volumes
• [9] libfvde supports reading FileVault2 Drive Encryption (FVDE) encrypted volumes
• [10] Supports Linux volumes
• [11] Supports Linux volumes
• [12] Third party app allows a user to open LibreCrypt compatible LUKS containers
• [13] The current version of SEE (8.2.1) does not support Windows 8.
• http://www.symantec.com/endpoint-encryption/system-requirements/
• [14] Although TrueCrypt can be built under FreeBSD, it is not recommended to run it because of bugs and instabilities when TrueCrypt is attempted to be used
• [15] Third party app allows to open containers encryptes with AES-256, SHA-512 hash and FAT file system
• [16] Third party app allows to encrypt and decrypt VeraCrypt containers (only available in the paid version)
• [17] Hidden containers description from Jetico (BestCrypt)
• Secret-containers and Camouflage files ArchiCrypt Live Description
• Supports "Guest" keys
• Using "Archicrypt Card"
• Supported by the BestCrypt container format; see BestCrypt SDK
• Supported by the BestCrypt Volume Encryption software
• With PIN or USB key)
• BitLocker Drive Encryption: Value Add Extensibility Options
• Recovery keys only.
• Although each volume encrypted with CipherShed can only have one active master key, it is possible to access its contents through more than one header. Each header can have a different password and/or keyfiles if any (cf. TrueCrypt FAQ: Is there a way for an administrator to reset a volume password or pre-boot authentication password when a user forgets it (or loses a keyfile)?)
• dm-crypt and cryptoloop volumes can be mounted from the initrd before the system is booted
• uses the lower filesystem (stacking)
• FreeOTFE has a modular architecture and set of components to allow 3rd party integration
• FreeOTFE allows multiple keys to mount the same container file via encrypted keyfiles
• Using customization
• n-Crypt Pro does not use password authentication— biometric/USB dongle authentication only
• PGP private keys are always protected by strengthened passphrases
• For Truecrypt containers
• optional by using -K OpenBSD Manual Pages: vnconfig(8)
• http://docs.trendmicro.com/en-us/enterprise/endpoint-encryption.aspx
• http://esupport.trendmicro.com/solution/en-US/1058686.aspx
• http://esupport.trendmicro.com/solution/en-US/1059884.aspx
• Although each volume encrypted with TrueCrypt can only have one active master key, it is possible to access its contents through more than one header. Each header can have a different password and/or keyfiles if any (cf. TrueCrypt FAQ: Is there a way for an administrator to reset a volume password or pre-boot authentication password when a user forgets it (or loses a keyfile)?)
• http://www.jetico.com/data-protection-encryption-bestcrypt-volume-encryption-enterprise/
• Within a VHD http://www.howtogeek.com/193013/how-to-create-an-encrypted-container-file-with-bitlocker-on-windows/
• dm-crypt can encrypt a file-based volume when used with the losetup utility included with all major Linux distributions
• yes, but the user needs custom scripts: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/luks-encryption-swap-and-hibernate-627958/
• Uses proprietary e-Capsule file system not exposed to the OS.
• not technically part of FileVault, but provided by many versions of Mac OS X; can be enabled independently of FileVault
• http://macmarshal.com/images/Documents/mm_wp_102.pdf
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4790?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
• File-based volume encryption is possible when used with mdconfig(8) utility.
• http://www.openbsd.org/plus38.html OpenBSD 3.8 change notes
• however, not Windows UEFI-based computers with a GUID partition table (GPT)
• LRW_issue
• Containers created with ArchiCrypt Live version 5 use LRW
• Containers created with TrueCrypt versions 1.0 through 4.0 use CBC.
• Containers created with TrueCrypt versions 4.1 through 4.3a use LRW, and support CBC for opening legacy containers only.
• Containers created with CipherShed or TrueCrypt versions 5.0+ use XTS, and support LRW/CBC for opening legacy containers only.
• Starting with Linux kernel version 2.6.20, CryptoAPI supports the LRW mode: http://lwn.net/Articles/213650/
• For Scramdisk containers
• For Truecrypt 4 containers
• For Truecrypt 5 and 6 containers
• Commit enabling AES XTS
• Containers created with TrueCrypt versions 1.0 through 4.0 use CBC.
• Containers created with TrueCrypt versions 4.1 through 4.3a use LRW, and support CBC for opening legacy containers only.
• Containers created with TrueCrypt versions 5.0 or later use XTS, and support LRW/CBC for opening legacy containers only.