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About Blowfish advanced, I think you are right, they save the real file name inside and give just some kind of random name to the encrypted file, which is short.

AESCrypt does not encrypt filenames, which has some pros and cons
The advantage is that when I see a file like "Business plan 2012.pdf ...

As far as I understand and know, encrypting a file or text (even a publicly known!) with AES in CBC mode (as used in AESCrypt) prevents an attacker from knowing if the encrypted file is the result of the encryption of the unencrypted (publicly known) file. :-) Sounds complicated but is easy, you can ...

Really good that AESCrypt is implemented in other programs, so it spreads arround.
What I do not like is when Open-Source-Freeware is used in Shareware. :-D
http://www.s3express.com/buy.htm
License for
1 Computer US $99.95
2-5 Computers US $79.95 each
6-10 Computers US $74.95 each
11+ Computers US ...

I just downloaded the Windows-GUI-version directly from the secure-site
https://www.aescrypt.com/download/

So, I got the file
AESCrypt_v309_win32.zip
Size: 950 KB (973.764 bytes)
MD5: cee02a797d00baec2b5f96f0e8b68616
SHA-1: 33503f689eeaa470f6ddfa6a85302c7973caa84c
SHA-256 ...

Ok, I understand, you only can use a keyfile OR a password. In the case of automated backups the use of a
keyfile is good, but every user is then responsible to protect this keyfile.
An implementation of such an automated protection into AES Crypt is not necessary in my opinion.
Sure, it would be ...

Ok, I understand, this is not a "2-Factor-Authentification", like, something you know (password) and something you have (keyfile). The keyfile in this case is only a password saved in an unencrypted keyfile and for some people this is even dangerous, keyfiles can get lost or stolen...

You are right ...

Nice feature ! But this opens up some questions :-)

Is it possible to use a keyfile AND password for the same encryption
example: keyfile (inside the keyfile is the password 1234)
and password abcd
which opens the next question
can I decrypt this encrypted file then with the use of only password ...