Jetico Bestcrypt Manual Help File User Guide
Jetico Central Manager Quick Installation Guide: Open Help File - Client (Online) Open Help File - Client (PDF) Open Full User Manual (Online) Open Full User Manual (PDF) Open Release Notes: Open Product Materials Flyer: Open: Open: Open: Jetico BCWipe Comparison Chart: Open Jetico Wiping Schemes: Open Technical Support Knowledge Base: Open. You Need Whole Disk Encryption - 3 Reasons Why. To protect stored data, Jetico's BestCrypt delivers HIPAA compliant encryption software for whole disks, virtual drives and selected files or folders. Jetico Enterprise Editions include central management for client software control.
| Developer(s) | Jetico Inc, Oy |
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| Initial release | 1995; 24 years ago[1] |
| Stable release | 9.03.16 / December 11, 2018; 11 months ago |
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| Size | 5.6–52.3 MB |
| Available in | English, Arabic, Chinese simplified, Czech, Dutch, Persian, French, German, Italian, Latvian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish |
| Type | Disk encryption software |
| License | Trialware |
| Website | www.jetico.com/data-encryption |
BestCrypt is a commercial disk encryption app for Windows, Linux and OS X, developed by Jetico Inc, Oy. BestCrypt comes in two editions: Volume Encryption edition, which encrypts entire disk volumes; and Container Encryption edition, which encrypts virtual disks stored as computer files. It also provides the complimentary data erasure utility BCWipe.
Cryptographic algorithms[edit]
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[edit]
- Create and mount a virtual drive encrypted using AES, Blowfish, Twofish, CAST-128[3] 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.[4]
- 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 main window
BestCrypt for Mac v.1.3 control panel
See also[edit]
Jetico Encryption
References[edit]
- ^'Jetico Inc. Oy Mission'. Jetico. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
- ^'BestCrypt Explorer on Google play'. Jetico. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
- ^'New Features in BestCrypt Version 8'. Jetico. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ^'New Features in BestCrypt Version 9'. Jetico Inc. Oy. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
Further reading[edit]
- Bauer, Mick (2002-06-01). 'BestCrypt: Cross-Platform Filesystem Encryption'. Linux Journal. Specialized Systems Consultants. 2002 (98): 9. ISSN1075-3583. Retrieved 2006-11-03.
- 'Bestcrypt for Linux documentation'. Jetico. 2005-05-17. Retrieved 2006-11-03.