- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/NT
- Date added: June 19, 2006
- Total Downloads: 1,586
- Downloads last week: 21
- See full specifications
- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 3 votes
See all user reviews
CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Return to the carefree days when encryption tools only took plain text and turned it into a mish-mash of characters. Executable freeware AES (256bit)'s interface is just a two field/two button dialog box. One field is for text to encrypt and the other for the password. The two buttons make it easy to encrypt or decrypt text.
Two fields, two buttons, and no need to read the manual. Paste the text to encrypt, enter a password and immediately see the encrypted text. Decrypting just reverses the easy process.
It's easy to use the program to send quick encrypted messages to friends, and it doesn't them anything to have this freeware application on hand. This is the simplest of tools in terms of features, but that's more than half its beauty. It's small, secure, and effective, and anyone can use it.
Publisher's description
From Telstar Communications :AES (256bit) is a simple, easy to use, lightweight utility that allows you to encrypt text using Advanced Encryption Standard. AES is one of the most secure encryption technologies and has been cleared by the U.S. Government for secret and top-secret data encryption.
More popular Encryption Software downloads
- 42,807 downloads 1. Hotspot Shield
- 41,529 downloads 2. RoboForm
- 32,872 downloads 3. Computer Use Reporter
- 7,727 downloads 4. Folder Lock
- 5,291 downloads 5. RAR Password Cracker
- See all Encryption Software downloads
User reviews
- Average user rating: 0 stars Not yet available
- My rating: 0 stars Write review
-
Showing 3 of 3 user reviewsSee all 3 user reviews
This software version | All versions -
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: AES (256bit) 1
"Oh, Gee! Look what we have here! A "TEXT" encryption program! Yahoo!"
Pros: Well, I'll be darned... 256bit AES "TEXT" Data Encryption!!!! All that power for "TEXT" data no less! Hey! This software really does one hell of a job!
Can't even break any of the "TEXT" documents I encrypted with it by using decryption programs.... Which means it's really tough. That's a good sign.
A Good and very powerful program to have.
Definite recommend.
Cons: No cons. It does EXACTLY what it says it can do... Which is to encrypt "TEXT" data. I'm glad I took the time to READ the 'product description', otherwise I might be led to think it was meant to encrypt more than just "TEXT".
-
Version: AES (256bit) 1
Pros: This is just a simple piece of software that let's you encrypt strings using AES. If you are working on an implementation of AES, it's the perfect tool for validating that your encryption algorithm is working correctly.
Cons: Not much. It does what it was designed to do.
-
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: AES (256bit) 1
"This is really pretty useless..."
Pros: Well, it can at least encrypt and decrypt text with AES...
Cons: It can't really do much else. I guess if you like encrypting and decrypting text this is your program...
- See all 3 user reviews Write review
%20-%20Free%20software%20downloads%20and%20software%20reviews%20-%20CNET%20Download.com&srcUrl=http://download.cnet.com/AES-256bit/3000-2092_4-10544070.html){kind=small}