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by paulej
Mon Nov 21, 2022 4:05 am
Forum: AES Crypt
Topic: "invalid byte sequence" error on mac M1
Replies: 4
Views: 7845

Re: "invalid byte sequence" error on mac M1

It's hard to explain if you don't know how. But, it works exactly the same way as on Linux.

I'll try to have a look at this myself, but I'm a bit busy at the moment. For now, I'd suggest just using only ASCII characters.
by paulej
Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:05 am
Forum: AES Crypt
Topic: "invalid byte sequence" error on mac M1
Replies: 4
Views: 7845

Re: "invalid byte sequence" error on mac M1

Quite possibly the character conversion logic is broken. Characters must be converted from the input language into UTF-16LE. I'm not sure if the issue is related to Apple Script or the aescrypt binary itself. You could test that by running the aescrypt command from the command line, if you know how.
by paulej
Fri Oct 07, 2022 5:00 pm
Forum: AES Crypt
Topic: Delete Input File
Replies: 2
Views: 6256

Re: Delete Input File

The Windows, Linux, and Mac versions don't offer an option to delete the file. I assume this is iOS or Android? The reason there is no automatic delete or even an option is that on most flash/SSD file storage systems, you actually cannot erase a file. Writing over it actually results in writing data...
by paulej
Thu Sep 08, 2022 3:14 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussion Topics
Topic: Holographic Videoconferencing
Replies: 0
Views: 16691

Holographic Videoconferencing

Many people have seen the announcement from Cisco related to Webex Hologram, which is an amazing next step in videoconferencing. I wrote up a blog post about it here: https://www.packetizer.com/people/paule ... ferencing/
by paulej
Sun Aug 07, 2022 9:59 pm
Forum: AES Crypt
Topic: AESCrypt encryption speed
Replies: 4
Views: 8330

Re: AESCrypt encryption speed

You are correct that that processor does not support AES instructions. It might be due to the fact that AES Crypt performs an HMAC-SHA256 operation while encrypting to facilitate data integrity checks. This allows AES Crypt to figure out while decrypting if any part of the encrypted data was modifie...
by paulej
Sun Aug 07, 2022 7:43 pm
Forum: AES Crypt
Topic: AESCrypt encryption speed
Replies: 4
Views: 8330

Re: AESCrypt encryption speed

I'm not sure, but a likely reason is that OpenSSL, for example, utilizes Intel's AES instructions to perform encryption. AES Crypt doesn't.
by paulej
Thu Mar 31, 2022 5:00 pm
Forum: AES Crypt
Topic: Can this tool be used in conjunction with ETOKEN or USB KEY?
Replies: 1
Views: 13273

Re: Can this tool be used in conjunction with ETOKEN or USB KEY?

There's no support for that. Since AES is a symmetric key cipher, doing something like that would mean encrypted files could only be decrypted using the same physical device. That seems a bit risky. What if the device is lost or damaged? I am intrigued, though. Physical security is generally a good ...
by paulej
Sun Mar 13, 2022 2:07 pm
Forum: Pug - Cloud File Archiver
Topic: Pug 1.4 Released
Replies: 0
Views: 20499

Pug 1.4 Released

Pug version 1.4 was released. It is a minor upgrade to the previous 1.3 release. The most notable addition is support for running Pug in containers (e.g., Docker or Podman).

See: https://pug.packetizer.com
by paulej
Thu Jan 13, 2022 7:56 am
Forum: AES Crypt
Topic: AES Crypt alternatives for Android
Replies: 2
Views: 9506

Re: How to build AES Crypt for Android shared Library ( JNI )

There are two Android variants of AES Crypt linked from the downloads section on aescrypt.com. Both are compatible with AES Crypt, so they're good choices. I'm not sure how good others are.