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Ciphers scramble the [[files]] that will be saved, so it's important to pick a good one. Almost all computers have, for many decades now, have had built in support for [[AES]], making it the fastest and most secure option for pretty much everyone. | Ciphers scramble the [[files]] that will be saved, so it's important to pick a good one. Almost all computers have, for many decades now, have had built in support for [[AES]], making it the fastest and most secure option for pretty much everyone. | ||
== On- | == On-disk [[Format]] == | ||
The on-disk format helps prevent the scrambled files from being modified while the computer is turned off. Since most computers already have built in support for [[XTS]], it makes it the fastest and most secure option. | The on-disk format helps prevent the scrambled files from being modified while the computer is turned off. Since most computers already have built in support for [[XTS]], it makes it the fastest and most secure option. | ||