Compliance with Standards and Specifications

To our best knowledge, TrueCrypt complies with the following standards, specifications, and recommendations:

ISO/IEC 10118-3:2004 [21]
FIPS 197 [3]
FIPS 198 [22]
FIPS 180-2 [14]
NIST SP 800-3E [24]
PKCS #5 v2.0 [7]
PKCS #11 v2.20 [23]

The correctness of the implementations of the encryption algorithms can be verified using test vectors (select Tools > Test Vectors) or by examining the source code of TrueCrypt.

Introduction
Beginner's Tutorial
System Encryption
- Supported Systems
- Hidden Operating System
- Rescue Disk
Plausible Deniability
- Hidden Volume
  - Protection of Hidden Vol.
  - Security Requirements
- Hidden Operating System
Parallelization
Pipelining
Hardware Acceleration
Encryption Algorithms
- AES
- Serpent
- Twofish
- Cascades
Hash Algorithms
- RIPEMD-160
- SHA-512
- Whirlpool
Technical Details
- Notation
- Encryption Scheme
- Modes of Operation
- Header Key Derivation
- Random Number Gen.
- Keyfiles
- Volume Format Spec.
- Standards Compliance
- Source Code
TrueCrypt Volume
- Creating New Volumes
- Favorite Volumes
- System Favorite Volumes
Main Program Window
- Program Menu
- Mounting Volumes
Supported Systems
Portable Mode
Keyfiles
Tokens & Smart Cards
Language Packs
Hot Keys
Security Model
Security Requirements
- Data Leaks
- Unencrypted Data in RAM
- Physical Security
- Malware
- Multi-User Environment
- Authenticity and Integrity
- New Passwords & Keyfiles
- Password/Keyfile Change
- Trim Operation
- Wear-Leveling
- Reallocated Sectors
- Defragmenting
- Journaling File Systems
- Volume Clones
- Additional Requirements
Command Line Usage
Backing Up Securely
Miscellaneous
- Use Without Admin Rights
- Sharing over Network
- Background Task
- Removable Medium Vol.
- TrueCrypt System Files
- Removing Encryption
- Uninstalling TrueCrypt
- Digital Signatures
Troubleshooting
Incompatibilities
Issues and Limitations
License
Future Development
Acknowledgements
Version History
References