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Hallo

I use AESCrypt since a short while on my Windows computer with W11. Works great and I can encrypt / decrypt on my Mac and Android too
But one thing I miss, is a way to decrypt online my files, if once I have no device with AESCrypt installed - or if the actual binaries from 2015 wont work anymore

Is there a way to decrypt online (and maybe even encrypt) my files wich I had encrypted with AESCrypt on Windows, Mac or Android?

I tried some sites like AES Encryption and Decryption Online or: AES Online-Verschlüsselungs- und Entschlüsselungstool but neither would work with my files content (they are binaries!).

I read here in the forum:

AES Crypt uses 256-bit encryption and HMAC-SHA-256 for message authentication rather than 128-bit encryption and GCM.

But I dont find a site where I could choose this. Most sites wont allow file uploads anyway.

Thanks for hints.
frank

AES Crypt is a specific product with a defined file format. Many tools implement AES, but they're not all compatible with AES Crypt.

The current AES Crypt for Windows still works; I use it all the time. That said, I am working on a new v4 right now to make various improvements (mostly under-the-hood things, including stronger security and speed enhancements). The Windows version, Linux command-line and GUI packages, and Mac command-line versions are all done. Mac GUI version underway now. Code is undergoing constant testing (literally running 24x7 doing a variety of tests to ensure everything is working properly). The Android and iOS developers are also on board to revise their applications to align with the new v4 coming.

The new version for Windows will probably be 64-bit only (targeting Windows Vista or later). I do not think many use the 32-bit code anymore, but I'm that is incorrect, then I'll work on that build.

As before, all code will be published, so people can review, critique, and have available if, for any reason, support no longer exists. There is no anticipated end to support, though. The only reason it has not had a significant update for so long is that "it just works." Plus, as you can appreciate, there's a lot of work moving from one major release to anther across all platforms. The good news, though, is there is actually a common codebase for all platforms. It was a lot of work, but I think the common architecture and code is a huge improvement.

I am not aware of any online sites that provide online decryption, but being paranoid with passwords, I would not trust one if I saw it. Anyway, since the source is published (and will be with v4), there's not much to worry about in terms of not having the ability to at least decrypt at the simplest level (e.g., Linux or Mac command-line).

Oha! That is really good news! Very happy!
Thanks!
I thought you had stopped development of AES Crypt at all since long. But you are right, it just works
Nice!!!

I switched on my systems for encryption to AESCrypt this year, because there is multiple platform support. Previously I had AxCrypt which was only for Windows (yes I know now, Xecrets, the successor of AxCrypt is for other OS now as well, but too late and not open source anyway), so now I can use my MacBook (or Android phone) too to encrypt/decrypt my sensitive files in my subversion repository (which I use on Win, Mac, Android).

Just today I discovered a repo in Github: AESCrypt-PHP
This was maybe able to encrypt/decrypt AES Crypt files with PHP, but it uses mcrypt_encrypt which was deprecated in PHP 7.1 and removed since 7.2 so no luck with this. A comment says, that instead of the very old and unsecure mcrypt_..crypt() one should use openssl_..crypt() but I lack of experience (and time) to fulfill this.

But I wonder, if I could install AES Crypt on my Ubuntu 22.04 without GUI, this possible?

By the way: sorry that I read your answer so late, the email notification was in spam - a false very positive

thank, frank

I don't know about the PHP version, but you can definitely install a command line version for Linux. It's posted on the download page.