BestCrypt

BestCrypt for Windows v9.0
Developer(s)	Jetico Inc. Oy
Initial release	1995; 29 years ago (1995)[1]
Stable release	9.08.4 / May 25, 2023; 9 months ago (2023-05-25)
Operating system	Windows 9x Windows 2000 and later (including Windows Server) OS X 10.6 or later Linux 2.6 or later (including Android[2])
Size	5.6–52.3 MB
Available in	English, Arabic, Chinese simplified, Czech, Dutch, Persian, French, German, Italian, Latvian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish
Type	Disk encryption software
License	Trialware
Website	www.jetico.com/data-encryption

BestCrypt, developed by Jetico, is a commercial disk encryption app available for Windows, Linux, macOS and Android.^[3]

BestCrypt comes in two editions: BestCrypt Volume Encryption to encrypt entire disk volumes;^[4] BestCrypt Container Encryption to encrypt virtual disks stored as computer files.^[5]

BestCrypt also provides the complimentary data erasure utility BCWipe.^[6]

Cryptographic Algorithms

BestCrypt supports a wide variety of block cipher algorithms including AES, Serpent, Blowfish, Twofish, DES, Triple DES, GOST 28147-89. All ciphers support CBC and LRW modes of operation while AES, Twofish and Serpent also support XTS mode.

Features

• Create and mount a virtual drive encrypted using AES, Blowfish, Twofish, CAST-128^[7] and various other encryption methods. BestCrypt v.8 and higher can alternatively mount a subfolder on a NTFS disk instead of a drive. Encrypted virtual disk images are compatible across Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
• Encrypt a set of files into a single, self-extracting archive.
• Transparently encrypt entire partitions or volumes together with pre-boot authentication for encrypted boot partitions.
• Two-factor authentication.
• Support for size-efficient Dynamic Containers with the Smart Free Space Monitoring technology.^[8]
• Hardware accelerated encryption.
• Anti-keylogging facilities to protect container and volume passwords.
• Data erasure utility BCWipe to erase unprotected copies of data to complement encryption.
• Secret sharing and Public Key authentication methods in addition to basic password-based authentication.

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  BestCrypt Volume Encryption v.3 main window
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  BestCrypt for Mac v.1.3 control panel