Felix Reichmann

Hi, I am currently working on providing a detailed guide on how to compile the VeraCrypt Code on Windows. I am able to compile the code without errors and the executables are generated when I run the script src/Signing/sign_test.bat Unfortunately I get the error "This distribution package is damaged.", when I try to run the VeraCrypt Setup on a Windows 10 and above machine. On Windows 7 the package works fine, so it does not seem to be a compiling problem. The signing certificates of the resulting...

Hello, Together with some partners and a research group I am currently trying to overwork and improve the VeraCrypt user interface with regard to the system encryption. The goal is to make the system encryption part of VeraCrypt usable not only for security experts, but also for lay users. One of the biggest challenges we found during our work is the creation of the rescue disk. Currently a bootable CD (BIOS mode) or a bootable USB-Drive (UEFI mode) will be created during the set up process. This...

Hello, As described in https://sourceforge.net/p/veracrypt/discussion/features/thread/0158a0194f/#5913 @pius-ganter and I have suggested a few changes to improve the usability of VeraCrypt. Since we got a positive feedback we are currently working on coding these major changes for the latest version. @idrassi Is there a change to get in contact with you directly to discuss your opinion on a few details?

@idrassi Is there a way to get directly in contact with you? I send you an invitation via LinkedIn for example.

Eugene's study was based on TrueCrypt, my work on VeraCrypt. Due to hardware accelerators for some cryptographic algorithms, modern laptops hardly show any delay in system disk decryption at boot time. So in my eyes we can just use the currenct default value for the PIM in the interface for inexperienced users. So they do not have to choose the value on their own. For most users it is irrelevant for which technical reasons this delay occurs. If it should be necessary in the interface, I would write...

Many thanks for the lively discussion. I think this is important to achieve the best result for VeraCrypt. Regarding the labels, I agree with Eugene. The results he found I could confirm in my work. I personally think it is the wrong approach to force users to deal with the technology more deeply than necessary. Learning from abstract approaches is a cognitive ability, which is often seen by users as something exhausting and hinders them in their primary goal (the encryption). The acceptance of the...

Hi @cryptolover, Thank you for your feedback. I believe that in general the question must be asked who the target group of VeraCrypt is. Currently VeraCrypt is a product, which is very transparent from a cryptographic point of view and which focuses on getting the highest security possible for the affected devices. The current interface is a great possibility for experts to control nearly all settings. Unfortunately, this also leads to the fact that the complexity is currently so high that the product...

@dave I have also already thought about it, but unfortunately I am not a specialist in this area. If we completely overwrite the SSD like a hard drive, we can't guarantee that all data is really erased, can we? In my opinion, we will get problems because the SSDs make sure that the cells are written evenly, right?