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Why doesn't TrueCrypt support system encryption on non-Windows machines?

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Mar 15, 20264727 views
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Specifically, Linux. I would love to be able to use TrueCrypt consistently across all my machines, be they Windows or Linux. As it stands, I can do full-disk encryption with pre-boot authentication only on Windows. I don't really understand why this is. Are there technical challenges specific to Li…

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Because they just haven't done it yet. They would have to support ext1/2/3/4 and reiserfs, for example. Also, what's with SWAP? Swap has to be encrypted too, or part of your data is just there (at least what you've loaded, etc). They also have to co…

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