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FileWard (was LockDown) is a handy tool designed to bring high strength data encryption to Macintosh users. FileWard uses the cryptography libraries of OpenSSL to make six industrial strength encryption ciphers available in an easy to use drag and drop application. FileWard brings convenient high strength encryption to the clipboard allowing you to encrypt any clipboard contents including text, pictures, spreadsheets, whatever! In short, if you can copy it to the clipboard, FileWard can encrypt it. FileWard even lets you encrypt binary files directly to the clipboard. With FileWard, state
What's New
Version 1.1.8:
- Corrects a reported issue with the Automator plugin.
- Minor optimizations and improvements.
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.
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FileWard (was LockDown) is a handy tool designed to bring high strength data encryption to Macintosh users. FileWard uses the cryptography libraries of OpenSSL to make six industrial strength encryption ciphers available in an easy to use drag and drop application. FileWard brings convenient high strength encryption to the clipboard allowing you to encrypt any clipboard contents including text, pictures, spreadsheets, whatever! In short, if you can copy it to the clipboard, FileWard can encrypt it. FileWard even lets you encrypt binary files directly to the clipboard. With FileWard, state of the art encryption of files and data is finally made simple.
Features:
Features:
- Attractive, easy to use interface.
- Six high strength encryption ciphers.
- Based on OpenSSL for robust cryptographic performance.
- Open source encryption code for easy peer review.
- Automatic compression of encrypted files.
- Simple Drag and Drop encryption of files and folders.
- Encrypt contents of the clipboard.
- Encrypt binary files directly to the clipboard.
- Verify integrity of encrypted files.
- Create SHA1 file checksums.
- Verify file checksums.
- Access the OS X Password Assistant.
- Includes Finder plugin.
- Illustrated Documentation.
- Universal Binary.
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Prologos reviewed on 26 Jan 2012
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Wts reviewed on 11 Jan 2011
Can't truly rate the stability until i use it for at least a month. But apparently if i don't then this post will not go thru: so for now i will give it "3".
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http://www.privacylover.com/encryption/analysis-is-there-a-backdoor-in-truecrypt-is-truecrypt-a-cia-honeypot/
That does not make it a bad thing. It just makes one wonder.
Regardless, this is a thread about FileWard, and for pretty casual and simple encryption is does a pretty damned good job.
FWIW, I'm more comfortable with GNU tools.
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centzon rated on 26 Jan 2012