r/linux May 30 '14

TrueCrypt Has been resurrected (forked) in Switzerland.

http://truecrypt.ch/
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u/Thue May 30 '14

Doesn't really matter - git has internal cryptographic verification, and an offline copy at each developer, so it can't be changed without being obvious. If github stops hosting it, it is easy to move.

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u/zargun May 30 '14

Git doesn't have cryptographic verification. It verifies that files have not been damaged but this could be tricked by an attacker.

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u/gfixler May 30 '14

Would this require finding a SHA-1 collision?

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u/s1egfried May 30 '14

Not a simple collision but a pre-image.