Subj : Re: VeraCrypt - The best crypto software out there
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : warmfuzzy
Date : Tue Dec 11 2018 03:11:41

 pF> de> Hmmm I'd lean more toward opengpg as the more secure format now. Verac
 pF> de> has been through too many odd changes too trust for my taste
 pF> OpenGPG doesn't do disk encryption like VeraCrypt, does it?
 pF> I haven't heard of any changes since it forked from Truecrypt, what have
 pF> you heard?

From what I understand OpenGPG (GNU Privacy Guard) is a public key cipher used
mainly in e-mail communications while VeraCrypt uses private key ciphers
(symmetric cryptography) to secure the contents its protecting, where
VeraCrypt secures files, directories, and entire disks, while GPG secures the
communication channels that contain the files.

So: Public Key Crypto ==> GPG
Private Key Crypto ==> VERAcrypt's selection of Symmetric Ciphers

Where public key cryptography is very slow and private key crypto is much much
faster

However they have different uses, where GPG's RSA/EnGamel secures the channel
and short messages, while VERAcrypt secures large amounts of data.

Both types of cryptogrpahy are needed, but they do different things.

Best regards,
warmfuzzy

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