TrueCrypt 5.0 was released today, adding support for Mac OSX among other things. As a OSX user, I’ve been awaiting full-disk encryption for some time. However, as of January 27th, the OSXCrypt project has also been completed.

Now, to keep the record straight, TrueCrypt and OSXCrypt have different goals. TrueCrypt allows for steganography, encrypted disk images (something OSX has not been lacking), and full disk encryption. OSXCrypt, on the other hand, is not an encryption solution in and of itself. Instead, they provide a framework for various encryption solutions.

Personally, I don’t see anything lacking in TrueCrypt’s feature list, and a 5.0 tag is a little more reassuring to me than 6.2A. I’m going to be installing TrueCrypt shortly, but I’m wondering if anyone has had experience with OSXCrypt and recommend it.

Some quick updates that may be of interest to those considering installing one or the other:

• TrueCrypt’s OSX implementation is based on MacFUSE.
• MacFUSE comes bundled with other filesystems (NTFS, WebDav, ZFS, FTP, etc)
• OSXCrypt is probably a lighter-weight install.
• OSXCrypt has no GUI, whereas TrueCrypt does.

Due to low-rent DSL, I needed some way to confirm many parts of a file transfer. After a few google searches, I found a great app called MacSFV… which is practically impossible to find a working download for. So now that I’ve found a working download, I’m playing host to MacSFV_2.0.1.dmg. Enjoy!

There’s been an addition to the battle app scripting family. Please welcome the Santa vs The Grinch cheat, thanks to help from Renee Jooste. You’ll find it along with the other scripts on the battle apps page.

Also, Vampires vs Werewolves is not the same application as Vampires. I have not (nor at this time am I planning to) written any scripts/cheats for Vampires/Slayers/Zombies/etc.

As several users have reported, the developers of the battle apps have adjusted their pages to intentionally break my scripts. I have updated my scripts to deal with this, and have clarified the error message shown on changed web pages. You can grab the newest goodies from my battle app page. Updating scripts will replace your settings with the defaults, so you’ll need to change them back again. Happy battling!

The Facebook battle apps scripts have been updated to work on the “You have already attacked this user” page. If you have any comments/suggestions, let me know :)