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mcrypt - Encrypts files or streams

mcrypt is a program for encrypting files or streams. It is intended to be a replacement for the old UNIX crypt. It uses well-known and well-tested algorithms like DES, BLOWFISH, TWOFISH, ARCFOUR, CAST-128, and more in several modes (CBC, CFB, etc.). It also has a compatibility mode with the old UNIX crypt and Solaris des.

Some of the algorithms that mcrypt may use (like RC6 and IDEA) are not free in all countries. These algorithms are provided as extension modules to libmcrypt (the library which implements all the algorithms and modes found in mcrypt). Users should contact the companies listed in docs/README.nonfree, if you live in a country where is illegal to use them.

Obtaining

Web page	http://mcrypt.hellug.gr/
Source information	http://mcrypt.hellug.gr/mcrypt/index.html

Version 2.6.4 (stable) released on 2003-02-21

Licensed under LGPL.

This is not a GNU package.

Documentation

User manpage available in HTML format from http://mcrypt.hellug.gr/mcrypt/mcrypt.1.html

Support contacts

Help List	<nmav@hellug.gr>
Developer List	<nmav@hellug.gr>
Bug List	<nmav@hellug.gr>

Project contacts

Maintainers	Nikos Mavroyanopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org>
Developers	Nikos Mavroyanopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org>

Related information

Source repository	:pserver:anonymous@cvs.hellug.gr:/var/cvs/mcrypt login password: anonymous http://cvs.hellug.gr/cgi-bin/cvsweb/mcrypt/
Interfaces	command line
Programs	Libmcrypt
Source languages	C
Use requirements	libmhash (http://mhash.sourceforge.net/)
Build prerequisites	libmhash
Source prerequisites	libmhash

Entry information

License verified by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2001-05-11
Entry compiled by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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