Secure Encryption and Password Protection


			Lock your files with secure, AES-approved encryption and password protection. Enjoy faster, much more secure encryption, the strongest on the market.

How Secure Do You Want It?

The new Lock-iT XP! uses the strongest encryption available, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) approved. Enjoy faster, much more secure encryption, the strongest on the market. This is the stuff, and by that we mean The Stuff. This level of encryption is what is now approved for governmental use to protect their sensitive (unclassified) information from prying eyes. Your files are no less important. Respect their privacy.

For those of you concerned your machine cannot support this level of encryption, rest easy. The new Lock-iT XP is backwards compatible (will use the standard 40-bit encryption if that is how your computer is configured), but can also support up to a 256-bit key size! Help your computer help you by getting the most out of its encryption capabilities.

Curious how good it gets? According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's web site it would take a code cracking machine approximately 149 thousand-billion (149 trillion) years to crack a 128-bit AES key. Our friendly universe is believed to be less than 20 billion years old, so lock up!

Cryptography Links

National Institute of Standards and Technology's Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Questions and Answers
A question and answer page provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology about the AES and what it means.

The Crypto Link Farm
Peter Gutmann - Department of Computer Science University of Auckland, Our favorite!

Electronic Privacy Information Center
A public interest research center. To focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values.

The Center For Democracy & Technology
Works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age. CDT seeks practical solutions to enhance free expression and privacy in global communications technologies.

W3C XML Encryption WG
Mission: To develop a process for encrypting/decrypting digital content (including XML documents and portions thereof) and an XML syntax used to represent the (1) encrypted content and (2) information that enables an intended recipient to decrypt it.

Internet Society
(ISOC) All About The Internet: Issues - Encryption

International Association for Cryptologic Research
(IACR) is a non-profit scientific organization whose purpose is to further research in cryptology and related fields.