Searching (small) AES file + directory tree encryption tool

[Werner Kraus]

I am searching for a small AES file encryption tool which allows me to encrypt and decrypt
- files
- whole directory trees
with the AES algorithm and which is able to decrypt files which are encrypted originally
with another AES program and have an arbitrary file extensions.

I don't need a huge security encryption suite but only a small utility which preferably
offers a shell context menu to de- and encrypt target objects.
Drag & drop capability would be great.

Does someone know such a utitlity ?

Werner

 

[Richard Urban]

Algorithms differ. You have to use the same methodology/tool to decrypt as
you used to encrypt the files initially. I have never heard of a "universal"
decryption tool as you want.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Macarro]

I am searching for a small AES file encryption tool which allows me to

encrypt and decrypt
- files
- whole directory trees
with the AES algorithm and which is able to decrypt files which are
encrypted originally with another AES program and have an arbitrary file
extensions.

I just wanted to point out that just because they use AES it does not mean
it is secure,
unless the implementation has been done correctly.

An example of a bad AES implementation was Winzip 9.0, if I recall
correctly it did allow
some attacks to retrieve metadata, luckily winzip is now on version 10 and
they will have
corrected this.