This is a technical feature comparison of different disk encryption software.
Name | Developer | First released | Licensing | Maintained? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aloaha Crypt Disk | Aloaha | 2008 | Source Auditable for Commercial Customers | Yes |
ArchiCrypt Live | Softwaredevelopment Remus ArchiCrypt | 1998 | Proprietary | Yes |
BestCrypt | Jetico | 1993 [1] | Proprietary | Yes |
BitArmor DataControl | BitArmor Systems Inc. | 2008-05 | Proprietary | Yes |
BitLocker | Microsoft | 2006 | Proprietary | Yes |
Bloombase StoreSafe | Bloombase | 2012 | Proprietary | No [2] |
Boxcryptor | Secomba GmbH | 2011 | Proprietary | No |
CGD | Roland C. Dowdeswell | 2002-10-04 [3] | BSD | Yes |
CenterTools DriveLock | CenterTools | 2008 | Proprietary | Yes |
Check Point Full Disk Encryption | Check Point Software Technologies Ltd | 1999 [4] [5] [6] | Proprietary | Yes |
CipherShed | CipherShed Project | 2014 [7] | TrueCrypt License Version 3.0 [8] | No |
CrossCrypt | Steven Scherrer | 2004-02-10 [9] | GPL | No |
CryFS | Sebastian Messmer | 2015 | LGPLv3 | Yes |
Cryhod | Prim'X Technologies | 2010 | Proprietary | Yes |
Cryptainer | Cypherix Software | 1998 | Proprietary | Yes |
Cryptic Disk | Exlade | 2003 | Proprietary | Yes |
CryptArchiver | WinEncrypt | ? | Proprietary | Yes |
Cryptoloop | ? | 2003-07-02 [10] | GPL | No |
Cryptomator | Skymatic UG (haftungsbeschränkt) | 2016-03-09 [11] | GPLv3 | Yes |
CryptoPro Secure Disk Enterprise | cpsd it-services GmbH | 2010 | Proprietary | Yes |
CryptoPro Secure Disk for BitLocker | cpsd it-services GmbH | 2012 | Proprietary | Yes |
CryptSync | Stefan Küng | 2012 | GPL v2 | Yes |
Discryptor | Cosect Ltd. | 2008 | Proprietary | No |
DiskCryptor | ntldr, David Xanatos | 2007 | GPL | No [12] |
DISK Protect | Becrypt Ltd | 2001 | Proprietary | Yes |
Cryptsetup / Dmsetup | Christophe Saout | 2004-03-11 [13] | GPL | Yes |
Dm-crypt / LUKS | Clemens Fruhwirth (LUKS) | 2005-02-05 [14] | GPL | Yes |
DriveSentry GoAnywhere 2 | DriveSentry | 2008 | Proprietary | No |
E4M | Paul Le Roux | 1998-12-18 [15] | Open source | No |
e-Capsule Private Safe | EISST Ltd. | 2005 | Proprietary | Yes |
eCryptfs | Dustin Kirkland, Tyler Hicks, (formerly Mike Halcrow) | 2005 [16] | GPL | Yes |
EgoSecure HDD Encryption | EgoSecure GmbH | 2006 | Proprietary | Yes |
EncFS | Valient Gough | 2003 [17] | LGPLv3 | No |
EncryptStick | ENC Security Systems | 2009 | Proprietary | Yes |
FileVault | Apple Inc. | 2003-10-24 | Proprietary | Yes |
FileVault 2 | Apple Inc. | 2011-07-20 | Proprietary | Yes |
FREE CompuSec | CE-Infosys | 2002 | Proprietary | Yes |
FreeOTFE | Sarah Dean | 2004-10-10 [18] | Open source | No |
GBDE | Poul-Henning Kamp | 2002-10-19 [19] | BSD | No |
GELI | Pawel Jakub Dawidek | 2005-04-11 [20] | BSD | Yes |
GnuPG | Werner Koch | 1999-09-07 [21] | GPL | Yes |
gocryptfs | Jakob Unterwurzacher | 2015-10-07 [22] | MIT / X Consortium License | Yes |
Knox | AgileBits | 2010 | Proprietary | Yes |
KryptOS | The MorphOS Development Team | 2010 | Proprietary | Yes |
LibreCrypt | tdk | 2014-06-19 [23] | Open source | No |
Loop-AES | Jari Ruusu | 2001-04-11 | GPL | Yes |
McAfee Drive Encryption (SafeBoot) | McAfee, LLC | 2007 [24] | Proprietary | Yes |
n-Crypt Pro | n-Trance Security Ltd | 2005 | Proprietary | Yes |
PGPDisk | PGP Corporation (acquired by Symantec in 2010) | 1998-09-01 [25] | Proprietary | Yes |
Private Disk | Dekart | 1993 [26] | Proprietary | Yes |
ProxyCrypt | v77 | 2013 | Open source | Yes |
R-Crypto | R-Tools Technology Inc | 2008 | Proprietary | Yes |
SafeGuard Easy | Sophos (Utimaco) | 1993 [27] | Proprietary | Yes |
SafeGuard Enterprise | Sophos (Utimaco) | 2007 [28] | Proprietary | Yes |
SafeGuard PrivateDisk | Sophos (Utimaco) [29] | 2000 | Proprietary | Yes |
SafeHouse Professional | PC Dynamics, Inc. | 1992 | Proprietary | Yes |
Scramdisk | Shaun Hollingworth | 1997-07-01 | Open source | No |
Scramdisk 4 Linux | Hans-Ulrich Juettner | 2005-08-06 [30] | GPL | No |
SecuBox | Aiko Solutions | 2007-02-19 | Proprietary | Yes |
SECUDE Secure Notebook | SECUDE | 2003 | Proprietary | Yes |
Seqrite Encryption Manager | Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. | 2017 | Proprietary | Yes |
Sentry 2020 | SoftWinter | 1998 [31] | Proprietary | No |
Softraid / RAID C | OpenBSD | 2007-11-01 [32] | BSD | Yes |
SpyProof! | Information Security Corp. | 2002 | Proprietary | Yes |
Svnd / Vnconfig | OpenBSD | 2000-12-01 [33] | BSD | Yes |
Symantec Endpoint Encryption | Symantec Corporation | 2008 | Proprietary | Yes |
Tcplay | Alex Hornung | 2012-01-28 [34] | BSD | No [35] |
Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption (Mobile Armor) | Trend Micro [36] | 2004 or earlier [37] | Proprietary | Yes |
TrueCrypt | TrueCrypt Foundation | 2004-02-02 [38] | TrueCrypt License 3.1 [39] | No |
USBCrypt | WinAbility Software Corp. | 2010 | Proprietary | Yes |
VeraCrypt | IDRIX | 2013-06-22 [40] | Apache License 2.0
[41]
TrueCrypt License Version 3.0 (legacy code only) |
Yes |
CyberSafe Top Secret | CyberSoft | 2013 | Proprietary | Yes |
Name | Developer | First released | Licensing | Maintained? |
ZzEnc | IMDTech | 2013 | Commercial |
Name | Android | Windows NT | iOS | Mac OS X | Linux | FreeBSD | OpenBSD | NetBSD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aloaha Crypt Disk | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
BestCrypt Volume Encryption | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | No [42] | No | No | No |
BitArmor DataControl | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
BitLocker | No | Yes | ? | Partial [43] | Partial [43] | No | No | No |
Bloombase StoreSafe | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Boxcryptor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
CenterTools DriveLock | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
CGD | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Check Point Full Disk Encryption | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes [44] | No | No | No |
CipherShed | Yes [45] | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No [46] | No | No |
CrossCrypt | No | Yes [47] | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
CryFS | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Cryhod | ? | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Cryptainer | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
CryptArchiver | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
Cryptic Disk | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Cryptoloop | ? | Yes [48] | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Cryptomator | Yes | Yes [49] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
CryptoPro Secure Disk Enterprise | No | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
CryptoPro Secure Disk for BitLocker | No | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
Cryptsetup / Dmsetup | ? | Yes [48] | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No |
CryptSync | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Discryptor | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
DiskCryptor | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
DISK Protect | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
Dm-crypt / LUKS | ? | Yes [48] | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No |
DriveSentry GoAnywhere 2 | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
E4M | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
e-Capsule Private Safe | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
eCryptfs | ? | No | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No |
EgoSecure HDD Encryption | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
EncFS | Yes [50] | Yes [51] | ? | Yes [51] | Yes (FUSE) | Yes ( FUSE) | Yes (FUSE) | Yes (FUSE) |
EncryptStick | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
EncryptUSB | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No |
FileVault | ? | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No |
FileVault 2 | ? | No | ? | Yes | Partial [52] | No | No | No |
FREE CompuSec | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
FreeOTFE | No | Yes | ? | No | Partial [53] | No | No | No |
GBDE | ? | No | ? | No | No | Yes | No | No |
GELI | ? | No | ? | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Knox | ? | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No |
LibreCrypt | Yes [54] | Yes | ? | No | Partial [55] | No | No | No |
Loop-AES | ? | No | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No |
McAfee Drive Encryption (SafeBoot) | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No |
n-Crypt Pro | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
PGPDisk | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No |
PGP Whole Disk Encryption | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Private Disk | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
ProxyCrypt | No | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
R-Crypto | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
SafeGuard Easy | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
SafeGuard Enterprise | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No |
SafeGuard PrivateDisk | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
SafeHouse Professional | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
Scramdisk | ? | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Scramdisk 4 Linux | ? | No | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No |
SecuBox | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
SecureDoc | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Sentry 2020 | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
Seqrite Volume Encryption | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Softraid / RAID C | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | Yes | No |
SpyProof! | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
Svnd / Vnconfig | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Symantec Endpoint Encryption | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | No [56] | No | No | No |
Tcplay | No | No | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption | No | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No |
TrueCrypt | Yes [45] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No [57] | No | No |
USBCrypt | No | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
VeraCrypt | Yes [58] | Yes | Yes [59] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
CyberSafe Top Secret | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No |
Name | Android | Windows NT | iOS | Mac OS X | Linux | FreeBSD | OpenBSD | NetBSD |
Name | Hidden containers | Pre-boot authentication | Single sign-on | Custom authentication | Multiple keys | Passphrase strengthening | Hardware acceleration | TPM | Filesystems | Two-factor authentication |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aloaha Secure Stick | Yes | No | — | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | NTFS, FAT32 | Yes |
ArchiCrypt Live | Yes [61] | No | — | No | Yes [61] [62] | No | No | No | ? | Yes [61] [63] |
BestCrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [64] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Any supported by OS | Yes [65] |
BitArmor DataControl | No | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | NTFS, FAT32 on non-system volumes | No |
BitLocker | No | Yes [66] | No | Yes [67] | Yes [68] | Yes [69] | Yes | Yes [68] | Chiefly NTFS [Note 1] | Yes [Note 2] |
Bloombase StoreSafe | No | No | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Any supported by OS | Yes |
CGD | No | No | — | Yes [70] | Yes [71] | Yes [70] | No | No | Any supported by OS | Yes [70] |
CenterTools DriveLock | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Any supported by OS | Yes |
Check Point Full Disk Encryption | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | NTFS, FAT32 | Yes |
CipherShed | Yes (limited to one per "outer" container) |
only on Windows [72] | ? | No | yes with multiple keyfiles [73] [74] | Yes | Yes | No [75] | Only Windows MBR volumes; no UEFI GPT drives, and dynamic drives discouraged [76] | Yes |
CryFS | No | No | — | No | No | Yes [77] | No | No | Any supported by OS | No |
CrossCrypt | No | No | — | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No |
CryptArchiver | No | No | — | No | No | ? | No | No | ? | ? |
Cryptic Disk | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Any supported by OS | Yes |
Cryhod | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Any supported by OS | Yes |
Cryptoloop | No | Yes [78] | ? | Yes | No | No | Yes[ citation needed] | No | Any supported by OS | ? |
Cryptomator | No | No | — | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Any supported by OS | No |
CryptoPro Secure Disk Enterprise | Yes with add-on Secure Device | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Any supported by OS | Yes |
CryptoPro Secure Disk for BitLocker | Yes with add-on Secure Device | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Any supported by OS | Yes |
Cryptsetup / Dmsetup | No | Yes [78] | ? | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Any supported by OS | Yes |
DiskCryptor | No | Yes | ? | No | No | No | Yes [79] | No | Windows volumes on MBR and UEFI GPT drives, ReFs any FS supported by OS [80] | Yes [79] |
DISK Protect | No | Yes [81] | Yes | No | Yes [81] | No | Yes | Yes | NTFS, FAT32 | Yes |
Dm-crypt / LUKS | No | Yes [78] | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial [82] [Note 3] | Any supported by OS | Yes |
DriveSentry GoAnywhere 2 | No | No | — | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | Any supported by OS | Yes |
E4M | No | No | — | No | No | ? | No | No | ? | No |
e-Capsule Private Safe | Yes [83] | No | — | No | Yes [83] | No | Yes | No | ? | ? |
eCryptfs | No | No | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [84] | Yes |
EgoSecure HDD Encryption | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [85] | Yes | NTFS, FAT32 | Yes |
EncryptUSB | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | NTFS, FAT32, exFAT | No |
FileVault | No | No | — | No | Two passwords [86] | Yes [86] | ? | No | HFS+, possibly others | No |
FileVault 2 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes [87] | No | HFS+, possibly others | No |
FREE CompuSec | No | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | Any supported by OS | No |
FreeOTFE | Yes | No | — | Yes [88] | Yes [89] | Yes | Yes | No | Any supported by OS | Yes |
GBDE | No | No [90] | — | Yes | Yes [91] | No [91] | No [90] | No | Any supported by OS | Yes |
GELI | No | Yes [90] | ? | Yes | Yes [92] | Yes [92] | Yes [90] | No | Any supported by OS | Yes |
Loop-AES | No | Yes [93] | ? | Yes [93] | Yes [93] | Yes [93] | Yes [93] | No | Any supported by OS | Yes [94] |
McAfee Drive Encryption (SafeBoot) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [85] [95] | Yes | Any supported by OS | Yes |
n-Crypt Pro | No | No | — | No | No | — [96] | No | No | ? | ? |
PGPDisk | No | Yes [97] | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes [98] | ? | Yes | ? | Yes |
Private Disk | No | No | — | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Any supported by OS | Yes |
ProxyCrypt | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Any supported by OS | Yes |
R-Crypto | ? | No | — | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Any supported by OS | ? |
SafeGuard Easy | No | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes [99] | Any supported by OS | Yes |
SafeGuard Enterprise | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes [99] | Any supported by OS | Yes |
SafeGuard PrivateDisk | No | No | — | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes [100] | Any supported by OS | Yes |
SafeHouse Professional | No | No | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Any supported by OS | Yes |
Scramdisk | Yes | No | — | No | No | No | No | No | ? | Last update to web site 2009-07-02 |
Scramdisk 4 Linux | Yes [101] | No | — | No | No | Yes [101] | No | No | ext2, ext3, reiserfs, minix, ntfs, vfat/msdos | No |
SecuBox | No | No | — | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? | No |
SecureDoc | No | Yes [102] | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes |
Seqrite Encryption Manager | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Any supported by OS | No |
Sentry 2020 | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No |
Softraid / RAID C | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Any supported by OS | ? |
Svnd / Vnconfig | No | No | — | No | No | Yes [103] | Yes | ? | Any supported by OS | ? |
Symantec Endpoint Encryption | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | NTFS, FAT32 | Yes |
Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [104] | Yes [105] | No | Any supported by OS | Yes [106] |
TrueCrypt [Note 4] | Yes (limited to one per "outer" container) |
only on Windows [107] | ? | No | yes with multiple keyfiles [74] [108] | Yes | Yes | No [75] | Only Windows MBR volumes; no UEFI GPT drives, and dynamic drives discouraged [76] | Yes |
VeraCrypt | Yes (limited to one per "outer" container) |
only on Windows [109] | No | No | yes with multiple keyfiles | Yes | Yes | No | Windows on both MBR and UEFI GPT drives; dynamic drives discouraged | Yes |
CyberSafe Top Secret | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Only Windows MBR volumes; no UEFI GPT drives, and dynamic drives discouraged | Yes |
Name | Hidden containers | Pre-boot authentication | Single sign-on | Custom authentication | Multiple keys | Passphrase strengthening | Hardware acceleration | TPM | Filesystems | Two-factor authentication |
ZzEnc | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Windows, Legacy BIOS & UEFI | In UEFI with removable keys store on USB-flash |
Name | Whole disk | Partition | File | Swap space | Hibernation file | RAID |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aloaha Secure Stick | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
ArchiCrypt Live | Yes (except for the boot volume) |
Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
BestCrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [110] | ? |
BitArmor DataControl | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
BitLocker | Yes (except for the boot volume) |
Yes | Yes [111] | Yes (parent volume is encrypted) |
Yes (parent volume is encrypted) |
? |
Bloombase StoreSafe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
CenterTools DriveLock | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
CGD | Yes | Yes | Yes [70] | Yes | No | ? |
Check Point Full Disk Encryption | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
CipherShed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | only on Windows | ? |
CrossCrypt | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
CryFS | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
CryptArchiver | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
Cryptic Disk | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
Cryhod | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (parent volume is encrypted) |
? |
Cryptoloop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
Cryptomill | Yes | — | Yes | — | — | ? |
CryptoPro Secure Disk Enterprise | Yes | Yes | Yes (add-on Secure Device) |
Yes | Yes | ? |
CryptoPro Secure Disk for BitLocker | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
DiskCryptor | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
Disk Protect | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
Dm-crypt / LUKS | Yes | Yes | Yes [112] | Yes | Yes [113] | ? |
DriveSentry GoAnywhere 2 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
E4M | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
e-Capsule Private Safe | No | No | Yes [114] | No | No | ? |
eCryptfs | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
EgoSecure HDD Encryption | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
EncryptUSB | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
FileVault | No | No | Yes [86] | Yes [115] [86] | Yes [115] [116] | |
FileVault 2 | Yes [117] | Yes [87] | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
FREE CompuSec | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
FreeOTFE | Yes (except for the boot volume) |
Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
GBDE | Yes | Yes | Yes [118] | Yes | No | ? |
GELI | Yes | Yes | Yes [118] | Yes | No | ? |
Loop-AES | Yes | Yes [93] | Yes [93] | Yes [93] | Yes [93] | ? |
McAfee Drive Encryption (SafeBoot) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [119] | ? |
n-Crypt Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
PGPDisk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | only on Windows | ? |
Private Disk | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
ProxyCrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
R-Crypto | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
SafeGuard Easy | Yes | Yes | extra module | Yes | Each sector on disk is encrypted | ? |
SafeGuard Enterprise | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Each sector on disk is encrypted | ? |
SafeGuard PrivateDisk | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
SafeHouse Professional | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
Scramdisk | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
Scramdisk 4 Linux | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
SecuBox | No | No | Yes | — | No | ? |
Sentry 2020 | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
Seqrite Encryption Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | RAID-5 |
Softraid / RAID C | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (encrypted by default in OpenBSD) [120] | No | ? |
Svnd / Vnconfig | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes (encrypted by default in OpenBSD) | ? | ? |
SpyProof! | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
Symantec Endpoint Encryption | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
TrueCrypt | Yes [121] | Yes | Yes | Yes | only on Windows [107] | ? |
VeraCrypt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | only on Windows [107] | ? |
CyberSafe Top Secret | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
Name | Whole disk | Partition | File | Swap space | Hibernation file | RAID |
Different modes of operation supported by the software. Note that an encrypted volume can only use one mode of operation.
Name | CBC w/ predictable IVs | CBC w/ secret IVs | CBC w/ random per-sector keys | LRW | XTS | Authenticated encryption |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aloaha Crypt Disk | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
ArchiCrypt Live | No | No | No | Legacy support [123] | Yes | ? |
BestCrypt | No | Yes | No | Yes [124] | Yes [125] | ? |
BitArmor DataControl | No | Yes | Plumb-IV | No | No | ? |
BitLocker | No [126] | Yes [126] | No | No | Yes, Windows 10 10547+ | ? |
Bloombase StoreSafe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
CGD | No | Yes [127] | No | No | No | ? |
CenterTools DriveLock | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Check Point Full Disk Encryption | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
CipherShed | Legacy support [128] | No | No | Legacy support [129] | Yes [130] | ? |
CrossCrypt | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? |
CryFS | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
CryptArchiver | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Cryptic Disk | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Cryhod | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? |
Cryptoloop | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
DiskCryptor | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? |
Dm-crypt / LUKS | Yes | Yes | No | Yes, using *-lrw-benbi [131] | Yes, using *-xts-plain | Yes, using --integrity mode
[132]
|
DriveSentry GoAnywhere 2 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
E4M | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? |
e-Capsule Private Safe | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
eCryptfs | No | Yes | ? | No | No | ? |
EgoSecure HDD Encryption | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? |
FileVault | Yes [86] | No | No | No | No | ? |
FileVault 2 | No | No | No | No | Yes [133] | ? |
FREE CompuSec | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? |
FreeOTFE | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
GBDE | No | No | Yes [91] | No | No | ? |
GELI | No | Yes [134] | No | No | Yes | Yes, using -a option
[135]
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Loop-AES | single-key, multi-key-v2 modes [93] | multi-key-v3 mode [93] | No | No | No | No |
McAfee Drive Encryption (SafeBoot) | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? |
n-Crypt Pro | ? | ? | No | No | No | ? |
PGPDisk | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Private Disk | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? |
ProxyCrypt | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? |
R-Crypto | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
SafeGuard Easy | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
SafeGuard Enterprise | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
SafeGuard PrivateDisk | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
SafeHouse Professional | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? |
Scramdisk | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? |
Scramdisk 4 Linux | No | Yes [136] | No | Yes [137] | Yes [138] | ? |
SecuBox | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? |
SecureDoc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Sentry 2020 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Seqrite Encryption Manager | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
Softraid / RAID C | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes [139] | ? |
Svnd / Vnconfig | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Symantec Endpoint Encryption | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
TrueCrypt | Legacy support [128] | No | No | Legacy support [129] | Yes [140] | No |
USBCrypt | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? |
VeraCrypt | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? |
CyberSafe Top Secret | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? |
Name | CBC w/ predictable IVs | CBC w/ secret IVs | CBC w/ random per-sector keys | LRW | XTS | Authenticated encryption |
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