CrossCrypt is an
open-source
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on-the-fly encryption program for the
Microsoft Windows
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XP/2000
operating systems
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. CrossCrypt allows a user to make
virtual drives which encrypt any files stored on them, making the encryption process seamless to the user.
CrossCrypt is based on
FileDisk, virtual disk driver for Windows NT/2000/XP that uses one or more files to emulate physical disks, adding encrypted volumes functionality.
Features
Application operates on
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file format disk images.
The format of CrossCrypt container files is fully compatible with one of the older Linux loop-AES device format
they can be used under both Windows and
Linux.
Although a GUI has been created for CrossCrypt (i.e
CrossCryptGUI, CrossCrypt on its own operates without a GUI using a command line interface. One advantage being its small size; as it's composed of only a single driver in *.sys format (43 Kb) and one command line or GUI executable (*.exe) (96 Kb). It does not have any installer.
CD/DVD encryption
The application is capable of encrypting CD/DVD images (
.ISO
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). After burning it with any writing application disk looks blank when inserted into normal CD/DVD reading device (though, when mounted with the CrossCrypt application the state does not change, files are accessed in a new virtual drive).
Encryption algorithms
The encryption algorithms supported by CrossCrypt include
AES
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Businesses and organizations Companies
* AES Corporation, an American electricity company
* AES Data, former owner of Daisy Systems Holland
* AES Eletropaulo, a former Brazilian electricity company
* AES Andes, formerly AES Gener ...
(256, 192, 128; SingleKey Mode aes-loop compatible) and
TwoFish (160 Bit Key; SuSE Linux compatible).
See also
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LibreCrypt
FreeOTFE is a discontinued open source computer program for on-the-fly disk encryption (OTFE). On Microsoft Windows, and Windows Mobile (using FreeOTFE4PDA), it can create a virtual drive within a file or partition, to which anything written is ...
, a significantly more advanced disk encryption program
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Disk encryption
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Disk encryption software
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Comparison of disk encryption software
References
External links
Official FileDisk website
Cryptographic software
Windows-only free software
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