home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- This archive contains TrueCrypt 4.3 setup and documentation.
-
-
- If you have never used TrueCrypt before, we recommend that you read the
- chapter "Beginner's Tutorial" in the TrueCrypt User Guide, which can be
- found in the 'Setup Files' folder.
-
-
-
- IMPORTANT NOTES -- PLEASE READ
- ==============================
-
- If you are upgrading from an older version of TrueCrypt, it is normally not
- necessary to uninstall it first. However, if any errors occur during the
- process of installation, please uninstall TrueCrypt, restart the operating
- system, and then try to install the new version of TrueCrypt again.
- To uninstall TrueCrypt, click Start Menu -> Settings -> Control Panel ->
- -> Add or Remove Programs -> TrueCrypt -> Change/Remove. Note that when you
- uninstall TrueCrypt, no TrueCrypt volume is removed or modified.
-
-
- IMPORTANT NOTE TO USERS WHO USE VOLUMES CREATED BY TRUECRYPT 4.0 OR EARLIER:
- To prevent an attack reported in November 2005, which affects plausible
- deniability, we strongly recommend that you move data from your TrueCrypt
- volume to a new volume created by this version. Description of the attack:
- If a series of certain plaintext blocks is written to a mounted volume
- (i.e., if it is correctly encrypted), it is, with a very high probability,
- possible to distinguish the volume from random data. This affects volumes
- created by all versions of TrueCrypt prior to 4.1, except volumes encrypted
- with AES-Blowfish or AES-Blowfish-Serpent.
- Even if you do not need plausible deniability, we highly recommend you to
- move your data from your TrueCrypt volume (which is encrypted in CBC mode)
- to a new volume created by this version (which will be encrypted in LRW
- mode). LRW mode is more secure than CBC mode.
-
-
- IMPORTANT NOTE TO USERS UPGRADING FROM TRUECRYPT 3.0 OR 3.0A:
- Note that after you upgrade to this new version of TrueCrypt, due to a bug
- in v3.0 and 3.0a, it will not be possible to mount hidden volumes created by
- TrueCrypt 3.0 or 3.0a located on some removable media, e.g., some USB memory
- sticks (does not apply to file-hosted containers). If that is the case,
- please before upgrading to this new version, move your files to a temporary
- TrueCrypt volume on a non-removable medium or to a non-hidden volume on a
- removable medium, and move the data from the old hidden volume to this
- temporary one. Then install this new version of TrueCrypt, create a new
- hidden volume, and move your files from the temporary volume to it. Please
- see the 'Version History' in the documentation for more information.
-
-
- IMPORTANT NOTE TO USERS UPGRADING FROM TRUECRYPT 2.1 OR EARLIER:
- TrueCrypt volumes encrypted using the IDEA encryption algorithm cannot be
- mounted using this version. If you have such a volume, before upgrading,
- please create a new TrueCrypt volume using a cipher other than IDEA and move
- your files to this new volume.
-
-
- Before using TrueCrypt, we recommend that you read the TrueCrypt User Guide,
- which can be found in the 'Setup Files' folder. To view or print it, you
- need Adobe Reader, which is freely available at http://www.adobe.com. Note
- that the program documentation is also automatically copied to the folder to
- which TrueCrypt is installed, and will be accessible via the TrueCrypt user
- interface (press F1 or select Help -> User's Guide).
-
-
-
- REQUIREMENTS
- ============
-
- - Any of the following operating systems:
- Windows Vista, Windows Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003
-
- - Free disk space: approximately 2 MB (this does not apply if you run
- TrueCrypt in 'traveller' mode).
-
-
-
- INSTALLATION
- ============
-
- To install TrueCrypt, run the file 'TrueCrypt Setup.exe'. It is not
- necessary to restart the operating system after the installation finishes.
-
- It is also possible to run 'TrueCrypt.exe' directly from the 'Setup Files'
- folder without installation ('traveller' mode). However, if an older version
- of TrueCrypt is currently installed on the system, it must be uninstalled
- first.
-
-
-
- WHAT IS NEW IN THIS VERSION OF TRUECRYPT
- ========================================
-
- For a comprehensive list of changes, please refer to the TrueCrypt User
- Guide or visit http://www.truecrypt.org/history.php
-
-
-
- FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- ==========================
-
- http://www.truecrypt.org/faq.php
-
-
-
- LICENSING INFORMATION
- =====================
-
- By installing and/or running and/or using and/or distributing and/or
- modifying any part of this product you accept in full the responsibilities
- and obligations contained in the license whose text may be found in the file
- 'License.txt' in the 'Setup Files' folder.
-
-
-
- FURTHER INFORMATION
- ===================
-
- For further information, please visit http://www.truecrypt.org/
-
-