BestCrypt Volume Encryption 1.99.2

3.8 out of 5 stars 3.8 (62 votes)

(March 4, 2008)

Windows 2000/2003/Vista/XP / Shareware / 1,279 downloads

BestCrypt Volume Encryption software opens a new class of Volume Encryption products. With the software users can encrypt old MS-DOS style disk partitions as well as modern volumes residing on a number of physical disk devices, for example Spanned, Striped, Mirrored or RAID-5 volumes.

BestCrypt Volume Encryption uses proven strong cryptographic algorithms: AES 256-bit, Blowfish 448-bit, CAST 128-bit, GOST 256-bit, RC6 256-bit, Serpent 256-bit, Twofish - 256-bit. It performs Computer Pre-Boot Authentication if system or boot volume/partition is encrypted. In addition, it supports Alladin hardware tokens.

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  1. 3 out of 5 stars
    shtraue

    Reviewing 1.98.09 (Jan 18, 2008)

    This is a fine product, however I prefer open-source security over closed one, where source code can be scrutinized by anyone and confirmed that there are no backdoors or other security issues.

    BTW upcoming version of TrueCrypt 5.0 will support partition encryption, and there is also another open-source whole disk encryption project - DiskCryptor:

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/diskcryptor/

  2. 3 out of 5 stars
    Tenoq

    Reviewing 1.98.08 (Nov 18, 2007)

    TrueCrypt can be setup to achieve 90% of what BestCrypt Volume Encryption can do, and it's open-source and free (so you can be assured security). And the standard BestCrypt product offers no advantages over TrueCrypt.

    $100US? Not this week, guys. I'd say you're better off buying a HDD/laptop with built-in HDD encryption, if full-volume encryption is required.

  3. 3 out of 5 stars
    hell0

    Reviewing 1.98.4 (Aug 10, 2007)

    Jeremy, TrueCrypt is equivalent to the standard version of BestCrypt, but is not equivalent to this BestCrypt Volume Encryption product. And at its current development rate, it never will be.

    I understand--and generally agree with--the complaints about closed-source security products. But unfortunately, making these products commercial gives the authors much more incentive to actually develop them. What has TrueCrypt done over the past couple years, outside of minor features and bug fixes?

    But still, I will not and cannot completely trust a closed-source commercial product, hence only a 3. I don't care what country it comes from, how pretty it is, or who the authors are. I love the Jetico folks, I really suspect it's trustworthy...but I can't know that it is.

    What a catch 22!

  4. 4 out of 5 stars
    jcollake

    Reviewing 1.95 (Feb 7, 2007)

    BestCrypt is nice, but if you want an alternative multi-platform Free Open Source solution, try TrueCrypt. It is peer reviewed.

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    keystroke

    Reviewing 1.89 Beta (Oct 21, 2006)

    Once again I like this program.. just upgraded it on my systems and everything is working well, although I have not rebooted yet. I am surprised more people do not find this program useful to them, but I guess that will take some time! Final is due out in December from what I hear.

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