Password-encryption of files and folders. This program is suitable as complement to disk encryption programs. You can decrypt single files while the other data remain protected.
PEA means Password Encryption Archive. It is small (about 200 KiB), round (only one single file) and green (background color). The program is written in Java and therefore platform-independent and runs on nearly every system without installation, but requires a Java Runtime Environment - that is already installed in most cases. File Lock PEA encrypts files and folders with authenticated encryption (EAX-Mode) to protect confidentiality and integrity of the data and uses memory-hard key derivation functions to prevent custom hardware attacks. Several key derivation functions are available, such as Catena and Scrypt. You can choose from a variety of cryptographic primitives including Twofish, Threefish, AES, Blake2b, SHA-512, SHA3 and many others.
What is new in this release:
- Support for zip and unzip: You can now hide meta data and handle several files in one encrypted zip file
- Wipe function: You can securely wipe a file by overwriting the file several times before deleting it
- Better accessibility support (still incomplete)
- Shortcuts for char tables: CTRL + F1/F2...
What is new in version 0.2:
- New Graphical User Interface (Nimbus Look&Feel), hour glass as wait cursor
- Usability: Position of dialogs and windows, file chooser remembers last folder
- Better distinction between encrypted files and plain text files: lock symbol, background color, text
- Files are now always correct sorted
- View menu with tree view, full file names, update and cleanup option
- Password check: GUI and improvements of quality check
- Improvements for unix start script (future proof)
- Fix of minor bugs: Backward compatibility to Java 1.6 prior update 10, shutdown hook problems for Free BSD
Requirements:
Java Runtime Environment
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XX 5 Oct 21
Version 1.4 was published now...