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A Windows program that creates encrypted volumes and files on your hard disk that can only be accessed via password. It supports numerous encryption algorithms and also allows data to be concealed in an existing WAV file (steganography). The dialog box below shows the various algorithms supported. See encryption algorithm for a brief explanation of each algorithm. The free version of ScramDisk is no longer being updated; however, an enhanced, commercial version called DriveCrypt is available from SecurStar GmbH www.drivecrypt.com).

ScramDisk Encryption
ScramDisk encrypts data on the hard disk, and this dialog box allows for the selection of the encryption algorithm. "Mouse entropy" is the amount of randomness introduced into the creation of the key. The more the mouse is moved around in a random pattern, the more randomness.

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Scramdisk is a free OTFE (On-The-Fly Encryption) program for Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me. A non-free version was also available for Windows NT.

The original Scramdisk is no longer maintained; its author (Shaun Hollingworth) having joined Paul Le Roux (the author of E4M) to produce ScramDisk's commercial successor, DriveCrypt. Although ScramDisk's source code is still available, this was only ever released (and licenced) for private study only and not for further development.

A new project called ScramDisk 4 Linux (SD4L) provides access to Scramdisk containers. SD4L is a suite of Linux tools and a graphical user interface (GUI) which allow the creation of, and access to ScramDisk encrypted container files. In particular, SD4L provides a Linux driver which enables mounting ScramDisk containers. ScramDisk for Linux also encrypts partitions on a hard disk or storage media such as USB sticks or floppy disks entirely as devices. Version 1.0, moreover, supports TrueCrypt containers.

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