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Anybody else seen the announcement that TrueCrypt is no longer under development? Heading to truecrypt.org now redirects to this page[^] with some ominous warnings about unfixed security issues and a recommendation to switch to Bit Locker.
Net prattle is that this might be as result of a hack so people are waiting to see what develops. The developer(s) of TrueCrypt have always been very secretive which is why there is currently such confusion.
In our programming office we encrypt the drives with source code using TrueCrypt so a stolen computer/laptop will not (should not  ) allow someone else access to our code.
Cheers,
Brett
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I've always written code too crappy for anyone to want to steal. Worked so far.... :P
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Haven't tried that. Thanks for the suggestion. 
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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Sounds like the makings for an article?
Here today gone to Maui...
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I've read people saying it's the same thing that happened to Lavabit[^]; they received a National Security Letter forcing them to give up their encryption keys to the government. I don't know what's true, we'll probably unlikely to find out either way. I don't see how a hack would force them to shut down indefinitely, so I'm inclined to go down the NSL route instead.
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Thanks - interesting read which however still leaves me confused as to whether this is real or not. Time will tell, I suppose.
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Just started it up on one of my machines. It ain't broke.
That machine runs XP, which also appears not to be broke.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Damnit man, when Microsoft says it ain't supported, that means any application that runs on it has security flaws!
I say stop using the silly Microsoft DLLs and use raw ASM.
It worked for Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 (altho they did have to set up video interface via DirectX).
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I followed your advice, deleting all the DLLs in the sysdir and downloading a load of ASM files, and now the machine won't boot.
See?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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That's a sure sign your machine is already corrupted!
Have you installed any programs on it at all since the Windows installation?
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If it is really broken, in the sense that it suddenly turned out to be insecure, I wonder how deep the sh*t is that we're in. Probably deep. It'll take a while before all the consequences surface.
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The fact that they've never supported w8 tends to give credence to having lost interest in the project and the announcement being their way of shutting down by nuking their bridges...
The results[^] from the first part of the crowd funded code audit[^] started last summer suggest that the code base is in fairly lousy shape:
Quote:
Update the Windows build environment.
The current required Windows build environment depends on outdated build tools and software packages that are hard to get from trustworthy sources. For example, following the reproducible build instructions at https://madiba.encs.concordia.ca/~x_decarn/truecrypt-binaries-analysis/ requires access to VC++ 1.52 (released in 1993), in addition to various Windows ports of GNU tools downloadable from wherever they can be found. Using antiquated and unsupported build tools introduces multiple risks including: unsigned tools that could be maliciously modified, unknown or un-patched security vulnerabilities in the tools themselves, and weaker or missing implementations of modern protection mechanisms such as DEP and ASLR.
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Improve code quality.
Due to lax quality standards, TrueCrypt source is difficult to review and maintain. This will make future bugs harder to find and correct. It also makes the learning curve steeper for those who wish to join the TrueCrypt project.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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You can continue using TrueCrypt for locally encrypting files, source code and so.
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The discussion below made me recall - I once told someone I make software and she replied, "Oh so you design stuffed toys?" 
From then on I'm a computer programmer if anyone asks, even though only a small fraction of my work is actual programming.
No blonde jokes please
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I Usually Say, "I Tell Machines What To Do".
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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One time somebody asked me what is my job, I said "I'm a computer programmer." Then he asked, "So, you're a party planner?"
Yeah, from now on, I'll call myself a Software Developer/Engineer.
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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I'm a converter...I convert coffee and pizza to code.
Here today gone to Maui...
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I usually just tell people I'm a self employed graduate student because I can't hold down a regular job.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Them: So what do you do for a living?
Me: I'm a programmer.
Them: ....Oh...OK.
Me: I'm in IT. I work with computers.
Them: Oh good. Can you take a look at my computer. It's become slow and sometimes it won't start.
True story.
Signature construction in progress. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Damn you have the perfect signature - CBadger
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Seems very familiar...
lolsigh...
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Common misconception.
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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Here's another one.
Them: So what's your job?
Me: I work as a programmer.
Them: ...Oh...OK.
Me: I'm in IT. I work with computers.
Them: I see. So you work in a call center?
Signature construction in progress. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Damn you have the perfect signature - CBadger
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Just great! For some reason why I like being a programmer is because people can't mess with me given the fact that they don't know what I'm actually doing.
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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