HC Encrypt 1.6.5

Type: Shareware, $15, £10 or NOK 100
Keywords: Utility, encryption, security
Version: 1.6.5
Brief Description: HC Encrypt will let you encrypt, scramble and compress the data fork of any file you choose, using a key up to 255 letters long.

Extended Description: HC Encrypt lets you encrypt any file using a key file or an on-the-fly key. You can use the HCE 2 algorithm if you are a registered user or the older, but just as secure, HCE algorithm. After encrypting a file, you can scramble it using a different key and/or compress it. These features, though not available for HCE 2 encryption, provide additional security to the already secure HCE encryption. Both the HCE and HCE 2 algorithms are freely available to anyone, and the HCE algorithm is included with the public release of HC Encrypt.

Common uses for HC Encrypt would be encrypting sensitive documents, files for transfer over the Net or other unsecure networks or other material not suited for the general public's eyes.

Download HC Encrypt 1.6.5

Related links

• Description of the HCE2 algorithm is available at this location.
• An in-depth explanation of the complete HCE2 algorithm can be found here. It is more accurate and technical than the one listed above.
• The checksum routine used by HC Encrypt is described here.