AxCrypt - Open Source AES File Encryption for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP

From: Svante (splidet@nospam.com)
Date: 03/25/02

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    From: "Svante" <splidet@nospam.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 21:03:59 GMT

    Release Candidate 1.1 of AxCrypt file encryption is available for download from
    http://axcrypt.sourceforge.net.

    (This release updates Zlib to 1.1.4 due to CERT advisory. As files are integrity-
    verified with a strong MAC, the possibility to exploit here is probably nil.)

    Main features:

    Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP compatible.
    AES encryption with 128-bit keys.
    Edit an encrypted document directly with double-click.
    Passphrase cache - type passphrases only once per logon and/or reboot.
    Automatic passphrase validation before decryption or editing.
    No options or user interface - easy to install and use.
    Less than 200Kb download, less than 400Kb installed on disk.
    Integrates well with web based file sharing services.
    Compression before encryption - faster downloads/uploads.
    Retains original file name of a renamed encrypted file.
    Retains original file modification times of an encrypted file.
    Wipe and Delete - delete files permanently with one-pass random data overwrite.
    One-pass wiping of all temporary and encrypted plaintext files.
    Secure memory handling - your keys or data will not appear in the system paging file.
    Industry standard algorithms only.
    Data integrity verification - no undetected modification is possible.
    Unique data encryption keys used for every file and (re-)encryption.
    Polyglot - currently speaks English and Swedish.
    Easy to add more languages - contact me for a single text-file to translate.
    Open source - no backdoors.
    It's FREE!

    Please read the license agreement before use, NO WARRANTIES etc;-)

    /Svante

    Release Notes:
    1.0c1.1 2002-03-23
    Upgraded to Zlib 1.1.4 after CERT advisory. No other changes.

    1.0c1 2002-03-06
    Release Candidate 1. Only minor bug-fixes, changes and additions from Beta 6.
    [History removed for brevity here]

    Change Log:
    1.0c1.1 2002-03-23
    - Security fix: Zlib upgrade to 1.1.4 after CERT advisory

    1.0c1 2002-03-06
    - Bug: Editing Excel document in already opened Excel failed at close after saved changes.
    - Bug: Accumulating timer interrupts during suspend causing long resume time in portables.
    - Bug: Logging off sometimes caused entropy timer problem. Cleanup to not use WM_TIMER, only threads.
    - Bug: Handle leak in LogEvent() caused exception "Reading Event Log Level", insufficient resources.
    - Chg: Use parity bit of low 32 bits from RDTSC instead of bit 0 in CEntropy::GatherThread()
    - Fix: sha1 code is now reentrant, i.e. thread-safe.
    - Add: DefaultLanguageId in registry to force language selection
    [History removed for brevity here] 

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/Svante

    http://axcrypt.sourceforge.net
Free AES Point'n'Click File Encryption for Windows 9x/ME/2K/XP

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