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Jun 27, 2018
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sajolida
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Shorten introduction to VeraCrypt
It was mostly repeating information that we already have in the comparison table.
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@@ -6,25 +6,7 @@ Introduction to <span class="application">VeraCrypt</span>
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<span class="application">[VeraCrypt](https://www.veracrypt.fr/)</span> is a
disk encryption software that works on on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Use <span class="application">VeraCrypt</span> to share encrypted files across
different operating systems.
In Tails, you can only open <span class="application">VeraCrypt</span> volumes
but you cannot create new ones.
- To create <span class="application">VeraCrypt</span> volumes, do so outside
of Tails.
See the step-by-step guides by Security-in-a-Box:
- [VeraCrypt for Windows](https://securityinabox.org/en/guide/veracrypt/win/)
- [VeraCrypt for macOS](https://securityinabox.org/en/guide/veracrypt/mac/)
- [VeraCrypt for Linux](https://securityinabox.org/en/guide/veracrypt/linux/)
- To create encrypted volumes in Tails, use
<span class="application">[[LUKS|encrypted_volumes]]</span> instead.
<span class="application">LUKS</span> works only on Linux.
disk encryption software that works on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Comparison between <span class="application">LUKS</span> and <span class="application">VeraCrypt</span>
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@@ -36,6 +18,13 @@ standard for disk encryption in Linux. [[See our documentation about
[[!inline pages="doc/encryption_and_privacy/luks_vs_veracrypt.inline" raw="yes" sort="age"]]
To create new <span class="application">VeraCrypt</span> volumes, do so
outside of Tails. See the step-by-step guides by Security-in-a-Box:
- [VeraCrypt for Windows](https://securityinabox.org/en/guide/veracrypt/win/)
- [VeraCrypt for macOS](https://securityinabox.org/en/guide/veracrypt/mac/)
- [VeraCrypt for Linux](https://securityinabox.org/en/guide/veracrypt/linux/)
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Difference between file containers and partitions
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