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System Encryption: BitLocker And TrueCrypt Compared

Good article...thanks. I was interested in encryption details...looks like the main difference is Bitlocker's 128 bit and TC 256 bit. Although I dont see 128 bit getting cracked any time soon, its nice to have the extra 128 bits with TC. Ive used TC for several years and have been happy with it, and continue to support it. I prefer an open source solution myself.
 
Too bad they don't mention the features for rollouts of more then your own computer. I had to do a good deal of work to setup a system of storing passwords and recovery iso's for all of our truecrypt users.

Truecrypt is really nice but fails in the enterprise department. No way to set a "IT" password, the requirement to burn a recovery CD everytime (vs just storing the iso somewhere) etc.

I ended up writing a small database webapp that stores the iso's and passwords that we can use to lookup when a user forgets a password of screws up their bootloader.

Also, I wish it would support encrypting the system drive for linux or osx..... but that's another story.
 
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blackangst1 said:
Good article...thanks. I was interested in encryption details...looks like the main difference is Bitlocker's 128 bit and TC 256 bit. Although I dont see 128 bit getting cracked any time soon, its nice to have the extra 128 bits with TC. Ive used TC for several years and have been happy with it, and continue to support it. I prefer an open source solution myself.
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BitLocker supports 256 bit AES.
 
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