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by paulej
Thu Sep 14, 2023 5:04 am
Forum: AES Crypt
Topic: AESCRYPT DO NOT OPEN
Replies: 4
Views: 14923

Re: AESCRYPT DO NOT OPEN

I've never seen that X64 menu before. Is that created by some other application? Anyway, on 64-bit Windows you 10 or 11, one should run only the 64-bit version of aescrypt.msi. it will install a context menu similar to this. On Windows 10, it would be in the main list. On Windows 11, Microsoft moved...
by paulej
Tue Sep 05, 2023 5:34 pm
Forum: AES Crypt
Topic: Strange behaviour, running from a bash script.
Replies: 2
Views: 3960

Re: Strange behaviour, running from a bash script.

I tinkered with the script a little. I made some changes, just to avoid me having to re-enter the password every time I encrypt or decrypt. If you're using a multi-user machine, you probably will want to not use the -p option since it will show the password when running ps. I use -p since I'm the on...
by paulej
Tue Sep 05, 2023 11:44 am
Forum: AES Crypt
Topic: Strange behaviour, running from a bash script.
Replies: 2
Views: 3960

Re: Strange behaviour, running from a bash script.

Part of the question is easy to answer: if the Linux command-line aescrypt succeeds, it returns 0. Any other return value indicates a failure. Generally, it's just -1 returned on error, but not a guarantee. While not part of your question, I noted the attempt to erase over the plaintext file at the ...
by paulej
Wed Mar 01, 2023 8:09 pm
Forum: AES Crypt
Topic: [suggestion] Add "View only" option to Windows' GUI
Replies: 3
Views: 5240

Re: [suggestion] Add "View only" option to Windows' GUI

Yeah, I run into the same issues. Further, I simply don't trust storing password data on the internet unless I personally encrypted it. That is, I don't put trust in any password manager, because I cannot guarantee they don't get hacked. Some might actually do all of the encryption locally and push ...
by paulej
Wed Mar 01, 2023 2:27 pm
Forum: AES Crypt
Topic: [suggestion] Add "View only" option to Windows' GUI
Replies: 3
Views: 5240

Re: [suggestion] Add "View only" option to Windows' GUI

That's an interesting idea, though you know nothing is ever trivial. I'm sure I'd need a scrollbar, find feature, etc. One thing I do is have a script that outputs encrypted data to the terminal window. That idea is similar to what you want to do here, which could definitely benefit from a search fu...
by paulej
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:20 pm
Forum: AES Crypt
Topic: AES encrypt text not files
Replies: 1
Views: 6497

Re: AES encrypt text not files

Some time ago, people asked me for C code one could use to encrypt text strings in a way that is compatible with AES Crypt. See "C Routines for String Encryption" on the download page here: https://www.aescrypt.com/download/#c AES Crypt uses 256-bit encryption and HMAC-SHA-256 for message ...
by paulej
Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:18 pm
Forum: AES Crypt
Topic: AES Crypt alternatives?
Replies: 3
Views: 5929

Re: AES Crypt alternatives?

There are two Android applications from two different authors. See download page on aescrypt.com.
by paulej
Wed Jan 04, 2023 3:25 am
Forum: AES Crypt
Topic: AESCrypt encryption speed
Replies: 4
Views: 8230

Re: AESCrypt encryption speed

@F8Y, I decided to go look at the OpenSSL code to see why and I found it pretty quickly: they implemented AES using assembly code, whereas AES Crypt is written entirely in C and C++ code. So in addition to possible performance hits due to use of SHA-256, OpenSSL has the benefit of highly optimized a...
by paulej
Sat Dec 31, 2022 11:34 pm
Forum: AES Crypt
Topic: Modes of Operation
Replies: 1
Views: 4175

Re: Modes of Operation

AES Crypt uses CBC mode with HMAC-SHA256 as a message authentication function.