GNU fcrypt
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Developer(s) | Fabio Gonzalez [1][2] |
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Operating system | Linux, GNU/Hurd |
Type | Disk encryption software [3] |
License | GNU GPL |
Website | https://www.gnu.org/software/fcrypt |
GNU fcrypt was a disk encryption software project intended to offer multiple hidden partitions, "on the fly encryption" (automatic and transparent encryption), and "plausible deniability."[3] The now disbanded project was part of the GNU project.[2][3] In November 2012 Richard Stallman, dubbed fcrypt as an official GNU project, after that the program was called GNU fcrypt.[3]
The software's encryption was intended to prove resistant to being cracked by quantum computers.[4]
References
- ^ GNU's Who - List of GNU Contributors
- ^ a b GNU spotlight November 2012
- ^ a b c d GNU fcrypt website
- ^ GNU fcrypt manual