Software Update: TrueCrypt 6.3

On Thursday, version 6.3 of TrueCrypt was released. TrueCrypt is an open source encryption program that can encrypt physical volumes (a hard disk or a partition) and virtual volumes (a file accessed as a partition). In addition, it is also possible to create a hidden volume in the encrypted disk. This second volume is only visible if the correct password is entered. So if you are forced to give the password, then you can only give the password that gives access to the entire encrypted disk. The second hidden volume is then completely invisible. More information about this can be found at this page to be found.

Version 6.3 adds support for the latest versions of Mac OS X and Windows, among other things. Furthermore, it is now possible to create ‘system favorite volumes’, which is necessary to register a volume before users log in. The full changelog of this release looks like this:

New features:

• Full support for Windows 7.
• Full support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
• The ability to configure selected volumes as ‘system favorite volumes’. This is useful, for example, when you have volumes that need to be mounted before system and application services start and before users start logging on. It is also useful when there are network-shared folders located on a TrueCrypt volume and you need to ensure that the network shares will be restored by the system each time it is restarted. For more information, see the chapter ‘Main Program Window’, section ‘Program Menu‘, subsection ‘Volumes -> Save Currently Mounted Volumes as Favorite’ in the documentation. (Windows)

Improvements and bug fixes:

• ‘Favorite’ volumes residing within partitions or dynamic volumes will no longer be affected by changes in disk device numbers, which may occur, eg, when a drive is removed or added. (Windows)
• Many other minor improvements and bug fixes. (Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux)