Bcrypt is a blowfish file encryption utility which aims for cross-platform portability. In addition to providing 448-bit encryption, bcrypt overwrites input files with random numbers before deletion in order to make low-level data recovery much more difficult.Passphrases must be between 8 and 56 characters and are hashed internally to a 448 bit key. However, all characters supplied are significant. The stronger your passphrase, the more secure your data. Encrypted files are portable across all supported operating systems and processors.
In addition to encrypting your data, bcrypt will by default overwrite the original input file with random garbage three times before deleting it in order to thwart data recovery attempts by cracker who may gain access to your computer. If you're not quite ready for this level of paranoia yet, see the installation instructions in homepage for how to disable this feature.
Supported Platforms
Bcrypt has been successfully tested on the following platforms:
x86: FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Linux, Cygwin, Win32Sparc R220: Solaris 2.7, 2.8
Sparc Ultra60: Linux 2.4
Alpha: Linux 2.4
PPC G4: MacOS X 10.1 SERVER
PPC RS/6000: Linux 2.4
MIPS: Linux 2.0.34 (Cobalt)
HPPA 1.1 HP-UX 11.0
Homepage: http://bcrypt.sourceforge.net/index.html
Download: http://bcrypt.sourceforge.net/bcrypt-1.1.tar.gz
License: BSD License (original)
