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VeraCrypt (Mac OSX) v1.21

Open source
OSX
VeraCrypt is a free disk encryption software that is based on TrueCrypt.

It adds enhanced security to the algorithms used for system and partitions encryption making it immune to new developments in brute-force attacks.

For example, when the system partition is encrypted, TrueCrypt uses PBKDF2-RIPEMD160 with 1000 iterations whereas in VeraCrypt we use 327661. And for standard containers and other partitions, TrueCrypt uses at most 2000 iterations but VeraCrypt uses 655331 for RIPEMD160 and 500000 iterations for SHA-2 and Whirlpool.

This enhanced security adds some delay only to the opening of encrypted partitions without any performance impact to the application use phase. This is acceptable to the legitimate owner but it makes it much more harder for an attacker to gain access to the encrypted data.

VeraCrypt storage format is INCOMPATIBLE with TrueCrypt storage format.

Screenshots:

VeraCrypt (Mac OSX) v1.0f VeraCrypt (Mac OSX) v1.0f VeraCrypt (Mac OSX) v1.0f VeraCrypt (Mac OSX) v1.0f

Keywords:
veracrypt truecrypt encryption system encryption partitions encryption

License type Open source1
Author's homepage Visit the author's site
Date added 11 Aug 2020
Downloads 1,102
File size 10.79 MB (< 2min @ 1Mbps)
Supported languages English,  Finnish,  Swedish,  Norwegian,  Spanish,  Dutch,  Danish
Operating systems OSX1

1License and operating system information is based on latest version of the software.

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