Short: Data encryption system, V1.2 Author: patrick.ohly@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de (Patrick Ohly) Uploader: patrick ohly stud uni-karlsruhe de (Patrick Ohly) Type: docs/anno Architecture: generic Attention: This is not the program DiskProtection itself! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Due to USA export restrictions for cryptographic software the program may not be distributed on AmiNet. This archive contains only the announcement sent to c.s.a.announce together with the chapter of the documentation describing the program. If you are interested in the program, look at the AmiNet site "ftp.uni-paderborn.de" or "kelly.uni-paderborn.de" in the directory "util/crypt" for the last official version. You will also find the most recent (beta-)version on my WWW home page: http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~un60 Description ~~~~~~~~~~~ DiskProtection encrypts data totally invisible for the user while writing to disk. All blocks are encrypted, so the directories are protected, too. DiskProtection supports all exec devices, i.e. harddrive partititions, floppy disks, but not the RAM-disk. Any filesystem can be used. It features: - encryption with IDEA, FEAL, DES - (XPK-)interface for additional algorithms - configurable with easy to use preferences program - encryption can be changed anytime - resident passwords (for use with mailboxes) - access protection - builtin screenblanker - GUI driven, localized - German and English documentation (ASCII, DVI, AmigaGuide) - context sensitive online help - ... Changes ~~~~~~~ - new: fast, but unsafe encryption algorithm - new: DPInit, a tool to start DiskProtection without mounting anything - new: an example source code for your own encryption libraries - bug fixes: "Hide in File" was somehow buggy, sorting order of XPK libraries was reversed Requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~ DiskProtection requires OS2.0 and Triton-Library 1.4. A minimum distribution is included in this archive, but you should better look out for the complete archive "util/libs/tri14usr.lha" on AmiNet.