File Security

April 1996 / International What's New Software / File Security

EDS file-security software from Sophos secures files by scrambling them with DES or SPA encryption algorithms. Encrypted files are unreadable without a valid password. The company says that there are more than 7 times 1015 possible DES keys and that the estimated average time nee ded to crack encrypted files is more than 1000 years of computing on a Cray-2. The software is available for Windows, Windows 95, and DOS.
Price:    95 pounds UK.

Contact:  Sophos plc, Abingdon, U.K.

Phone:    +44 1235 544026.

Fax:      +44 1235 559935.

E-mail:   
sb@sophos.com


Internet: 
http://www.sophos.com/
.

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