:BestCrypt
{{Short description|Commercial disk encryption app available for Windows, Linux, macOS and Android}}
{{No footnotes|date=July 2011}}
{{Infobox software
| name = BestCrypt
| logo = BestCrypt v.9 logo.png
| screenshot = BestCrypt_for_Windows_v.9.png
| caption = BestCrypt for Windows v9.0
| author =
| developer = Jetico Inc. Oy
| released = {{Start date and age|1995}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jetico.com/about-jetico/mission-story|title=Jetico Inc. Oy Mission|publisher=Jetico|accessdate=2015-01-15}}
| latest release version = 9.08.4
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2023|05|25}}
| latest preview version =
| latest preview date =
| operating system = {{Plainlist|
- Windows 9x
- Windows 2000 and later (including Windows Server)
- OS X 10.6 or later
- Linux 2.6 or later (including Android{{cite web|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jetico.bestcrypt&hl=en|title=BestCrypt Explorer on Google play|publisher=Jetico|accessdate=2015-01-15}})
}}
| platform =
| language = English, Arabic, Chinese simplified, Czech, Dutch, Persian, French, German, Italian, Latvian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish
| size = 5.6–52.3 MB
| genre = Disk encryption software
| license = Trialware
| website = {{URL|https://www.jetico.com/data-encryption}}
}}
BestCrypt, developed by [https://www.jetico.com/ Jetico], is a commercial disk encryption app available for Windows, Linux, macOS and Android.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jetico.com/data-encryption|title=Data Encryption {{!}} Jetico|website=www.jetico.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-17}}
BestCrypt comes in two editions: BestCrypt Volume Encryption to encrypt entire disk volumes;{{Cite web|url=https://www.jetico.com/data-encryption/encrypt-hard-drives-bestcrypt-volume-encryption|title=Encrypt Hard Drives with BestCrypt Volume Encryption {{!}} Jetico|website=www.jetico.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-17}} BestCrypt Container Encryption to encrypt virtual disks stored as computer files.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jetico.com/data-encryption/encrypt-files-bestcrypt-container-encryption|title=Encrypt Files with BestCrypt Container Encryption {{!}} Jetico|website=www.jetico.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-17}}
BestCrypt also provides the complimentary data erasure utility BCWipe.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jetico.com/data-encryption/encrypt-files-bestcrypt-container-encryption/features|title=BestCrypt Container Encryption Features {{!}} Jetico|website=www.jetico.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-17}}
Cryptographic Algorithms
BestCrypt supports a wide variety of block cipher algorithms including AES, Serpent, Blowfish, Twofish, DES, Triple DES, GOST 28147-89. All ciphers support CBC and LRW modes of operation while AES, Twofish and Serpent also support XTS mode.
Features
- Create and mount a virtual drive encrypted using AES, Blowfish, Twofish, CAST-128{{cite web|url=http://www.jetico.com/web_help/bc8/html/03_new_features/01_new_features.htm|title=New Features in BestCrypt Version 8|publisher=Jetico|accessdate=2014-04-15}} and various other encryption methods. BestCrypt v.8 and higher can alternatively mount a subfolder on a NTFS disk instead of a drive. Encrypted virtual disk images are compatible across Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
- Encrypt a set of files into a single, self-extracting archive.
- Transparently encrypt entire partitions or volumes together with pre-boot authentication for encrypted boot partitions.
- Two-factor authentication.
- Support for size-efficient Dynamic Containers with the Smart Free Space Monitoring technology.{{cite web|url=http://www.jetico.com/web_help/bc9/html/03_new_features/01_new_features.htm|title=New Features in BestCrypt Version 9|publisher=Jetico Inc. Oy|accessdate=2015-02-04}}
- Hardware accelerated encryption.
- Anti-keylogging facilities to protect container and volume passwords.
- Data erasure utility BCWipe to erase unprotected copies of data to complement encryption.
- Secret sharing and Public Key authentication methods in addition to basic password-based authentication.
BestCrypt Volume Encryption v.3.png|BestCrypt Volume Encryption v.3 main window
BestCrypt for Mac.png|BestCrypt for Mac v.1.3 control panel
See also
References
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Further reading
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- {{Cite journal
| last = Bauer
| first = Mick
| authorlink =
| title = BestCrypt: Cross-Platform Filesystem Encryption
| journal = Linux Journal
| volume = 2002
| issue = 98
| page =9
| publisher = Specialized Systems Consultants
| date = 2002-06-01
| url = http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5938
| issn = 1075-3583| accessdate = 2006-11-03
}}
- {{cite web
| title = Bestcrypt for Linux documentation
| publisher = Jetico
| date = 2005-05-17
| url = http://www.jetico.com/linux/bcrypt-help/index.htm
| accessdate = 2006-11-03
}}
{{refend}}
External links
- {{Official|https://www.jetico.com/data-encryption}}
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