Re: Truecrypt and ist real security

From: rossum <rossum48@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:30:45 +0000

On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:46:02 -0800 (PST), soldsoldi@xxxxxxxx wrote:

Dear all,
I protect some important data (invoice, prices, list of clients, etc.)
on my laptop with Truecrypt, which is working really well
but now ... I wonder how secure they are, that is :

with 10-12 char passwords, how long would it take to a competitor to
decrypt a volume ?

Thank you so much

Have a look at Diceware: http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html

That will let you generate a passphrase with a lot more security than
a simple password.

rossum

.

References:
- Truecrypt and ist real security
  - From: soldsoldi

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