GNU fcrypt

GNU fcrypt
Developer(s) Fabio Gonzalez [1][2]
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

  1. GNU's Who - List of GNU Contributors
  2. 1 2 GNU spotlight November 2012
  3. 1 2 3 4 GNU fcrypt website
  4. GNU fcrypt manual


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