Truecrypt: What kind of encryption is the most secure?

By David Amoyal → Friday, May 9, 2014

TrueCrypt offers a variety of encryption, but what is the safest, remains questionable. We try to clarify this question. TrueCrypt encrypt...

TrueCrypt offers a variety of encryption, but what is the safest, remains questionable. We try to clarify this question.

TrueCrypt encryption: All are safe

Because all of the encryption methods are extremely safe, and each method has its advantages and disadvantages, the question difficult to answer. However, you should have some knowledge and note:
  • AES, Serpent, TwoFish: these are the three key encryption methods, the TrueCrypt offers. All are by today's Standards is considered extremely safe. The differences in the security are minimal. Serpent is true under some experts as something more secure, prove you can, however, not really.
  • Cascades: TrueCrypt also offers so-called cascades. In doing so, two or all three of the methods connected to each other, so that, for example, the AES-TwoFish-Serpent encryption. Although this is much more difficult to decipher, the Performance of your hard disk is immense suffering.
  • Benchmark: Are you at TrueCrypt in the step to the choice of encryption where you can find the Button "Benchmark". Here you can test yourself, as long as your hard disk to Encrypt and Decrypt the data among the various methods is needed.
  • Password: Should someone to your encrypted data crack, then it is guaranteed not to the encryption method, but in your password. Even the best encryption helps with a bad password, nothing.

Truecrypt: What kind of encryption is the best?

  • AES: The Standard AES is the steady favorite when it comes to encryption. Even the most government agencies make use of this Standard, to your documents to protect. This Standard is not only safe, but also by far the fastest.
  • TwoFish: TwoFish is regarded as extremely safe and actually up to date. The encryption is, however, about six times as slow as AES.
  • Serpent: This Standard is under some experts as a minimum safe, really can prove you didn't. Serpent works of the three methods, but also at the slowest, what the Performance of your computer is greatly reduced.
  • Conclusion: For private photos, or even trade secrets are you with the brisk AES encryption well served. Even for terrorists should the AES Standard suffice.
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