Fort 2.0 – File encryption software for Windows

July 27, 2016

Fort – File encryption software for Windows

Fort is file encryption software for Windows. Fort offers an easy and reliable encryption of files and directories via the Explorer context menu and to protect them with a password. All file types are supported. Fort can be also used to encrypt files and directories in Onedrive, Dropbox and other similar services.

Why Fort?

Cryptography and data encryption is important. In todays world we are connected all the time. We put our files on different cloud services where they are basically available for the companies running those services and for criminals who might be able to gain access those services. There are many “free” services in which the only way to pay is with your privacy. One might think that “I have nothing to hide”. That’s not the point. The point is that privacy is a basic human right.

As Bruce Schneier said, “Privacy isn’t about hiding something. It’s about being able to control how we present ourselves to the world. It’s about maintaining a public face while at the same time being permitted private thoughts and actions. It’s about personal dignity.”

Fort concentrates on encrypting individual files and directories so they can be safely put into a cloud service or similar. Even if you just have sensitive files and data in your laptop locally, what if the laptop gets stolen? Surely you do not want criminals to be able to use the data.

Features

Screenshot of Fort
Windows Explorer integration
Source code availability, for auditing the code
Uses AES with 256 bit keys
Support for 4096 bit keyfiles
Encrypt using a passphrase, a keyfile or combination of both for extra security.
Detects data tampering
Very lightweight, does not slow down your machine
Easy to use and easy to install.
Multi-lingual, English, Brazil, Finnish and French, more to come
Optional file backup before encryption
Encrypt and decrypt directories as well as individual files
Protect against keyloggers, supports on screen keyboard
Encrypt files in Onedrive, Dropbox and similar services
Supports Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 10. Both 32bit and 64bit versions
No backdoors, no malware
Well designed FortMachine.dll cryptography library available for developers
Fort has it’s own file associations, double click an encrypted file to decrypt it.
Uses only FIPS compliant cryptographic modules
Security

Fort takes security seriously and uses AES with 256bit keys. On decryption Fort checks that the data is not tampered in any way and informs if data tampering is detected. For each file, Fort generates a random initialization vector that is used only once. Similarly, for keys a random one time salt is generated by Fort.

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Terms and Conditions

This is a 1-computer lifetime license, for noncommercial use
No free updates; if you update the giveaway, you may lose it
You get free tech support
You must redeem the license key before this offer has ended; you cannot redeem the key later
May not be resold

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