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ooSooM is a Todo Management and Secure Digital Filing System for Macintosh OSX and Microsoft Windows.

ooSooM 1.3.0


Version 1.3.0 has several improvements to the user interface.

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ooSooM is a Todo Management and Secure Digital Filing System for Macintosh OSX and Microsoft Windows.

ooSooM 1.2.5

Prior to Version 1.2.5 if you wished to take advantage of the Encryption and Decryption features of ooSooM you would need to input your R10Cipher serial number, if you had one. For those of you who don’t have one and have no intention of purchasing R10Cipher on it’s own merits, then it was perceived as an expensive way to add those useful Encryption / Decryption facilities to ooSooM.

So, catering to the many requests I have received, as of Version 1.2.5 of ooSooM you can choose to purchase an ooSooM Pro License which is available very inexpensively and once input into the Encryption tab of the ooSooM Preferences window will give you full Encryption / Decryption capabilities.

Here’s the link to the ooSooM About Page, from which the ooSooM Pro License can be purchased. Payment can be taken in GBP, USD or EUR.

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Today we announced our R10Office CRM and Productivity Suite designed specifically for Individuals, Clubs, Groups and Small Businesses. The R10Office Suite will let you Store, View, Interact and Communicate with your Contacts, Customers, Prospects, Network and Suppliers more easily and efficiently than ever before.

The R10Office CRM and Productivity Suite consists of four applications that cover Contacts, Todo/Task Management and Digital Filing, Bulk/Batch Email Marketing and Award Winning Encryption. Each of the four R10Office applications are available separately but really come into their own when used as a suite. The suite consists of:

ContaX CRM: Build Relationships. Reap the Rewards. Effective CRM.
ooSooM: The Todo Manager You've Been Waiting For.
R10BatchMail: Bulk Email. Done Right.
R10Cipher: Security For Everyone.

System Features:
* Supplied as Universal Binaries for Mac OSX including Snow Leopard
* Windows Version works on XP, Vista, 2003 and 7
* Easy to use, Modern, Clean Interface
* Requires No Installation
* No Modifications made to your computer outside of the R10Office folder
* To 'uninstall' - Just delete the R10Office folder
* Requires no additional Runtime installation
* Can be run from a USB drive
* Online Help System
* Support Forum
* Sync the Databases with iDisk, DropBox or Similar

Benefits:
* More Effective Sales Calls
* Increased Sales through Repeat Business from Past Customers
* Improved Ability to Provide a Higher Level of Customer Service
* Greater Customer Satisfaction because you Understand their Unique Needs
* Enhanced Communication
* View your Contact History
* See your Contacts by Geographical Spread
* Visual Relationship Views
* Graphs and Charts show your Contact Database Visually
* Accurate Contact Records
* Keep your Contacts up to date with targeted eMail
* Send Encrypted Email, for example Staff Reviews
* Transfer and Store Encrypted Documents, for example Financial Information
* Use for Backup, Zip your files then Encrypt the Zip with R10Cipher
* Secure Peer to Peer, End to End Encryption
* Store information and files safely on your Laptop
* Store Patients Records and Health Data
* Archive Research Documents

Testimonials:
"R10BatchMail is brilliant - easy to use, intuitive and very useful - you can make targeted email campaigns with ease in whatever html editor you find easiest - it's a MUST for all web designers who want to add extra marketing thrust to their portfolio of products. I can't wait to see how the product develops in the future." - Mitch Stone IDM Design

"Our custom ArtenSUITE module is fantastic for our company needs - Arten Science not only create our software, they maintain our data - always available and reliable. I could not recommend them more highly." - Chris Fanthom Managing Director, TMS Limited

"R10Cipher is a fantastic cross platform tool which has given us the peace of mind that our patient sensitive research data can be transmitted electronically in a secure manner on site or with collaborators around the world. The ability to encrypt and attach files to emails or simply encrypt the email text between Apple Macs and Windows PCs without the need for complicated software installations means that our users are happy to use this great bit of software. The developer's proactive approach to their software development requesting and rapidly incorporating users feedback has turned a good encryption tool into and excellent one." - Paul McGrath, Computer Manager, Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.4 or higher
* Windows XP / Vista / Window 7
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* G4 Processor, 1GHz or faster
* 140 MB Hard Drive space

Pricing and Availability:
R10Office is available now at the introductory price of £79GBP ($135USD) for a Single User license. Corporation Site Licenses and Educational licenses are available, contact us for further details. A 30 Day Trial version of ContaX, with no functionality restrictions can be downloaded. Any data entered during the trial period can be carried forward into the full version if purchased.


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ooSooM is a Todo Management and Secure Digital Filing System for Macintosh OSX and Microsoft Windows.

ooSooM 1.1.6


1.1.6 features a new Type, ‘Action’ and a new Urgency ‘Every Day’. There are also other minor cosmetic improvements in addition to the implementation of an Inter Process Communication Channel to ContaX CRM. More about that later ...



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ooSooM is a Todo Management and Secure Digital Filing System for Macintosh OSX and Microsoft Windows.

ooSooM 1.1.4


1.1.4 is a maintenance release.

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ooSooM is a Todo Management and Secure Digital Filing System for Macintosh OSX and Microsoft Windows.

ooSooM 1.1.2


1.1.2 has been modified so that the window can be resized much smaller, making it compatible and useable with the smaller screens of modern Netbooks. It has ben tested with my Dell Mini 9 so should suit the vast majority of Netbooks.





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ooSooM is a Todo Management and Secure Digital Filing System for Macintosh OSX and Microsoft Windows.

ooSooM 1.0.8


The only modifications for 1.0.8 are cosmetic. These changes affect both the Mac and Windows versions, but the Windows version in particular benefits from the update.





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ooSooM is a Todo Management and Secure Digital Filing System for Macintosh OSX and Microsoft Windows.

ooSooM 1.0.7

Two small modifications are included in this update:
1. The ‘View All’ Options for Items and Vault have been moved to the top of the selection list
2. The User Interface has been refined / tweaked

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R10Cipher is a fantastic cross platform tool which has given us the peace of mind that our patient sensitive research data can be transmitted electronically in a secure manner on site or with collaborators around the world.  The ability to encrypt and attach files to emails or simply encrypt the email text between Apple Macs and Windows PCs without the need for complicated software installations means that our users are happy to use this great bit of software.  The developer’s proactive approach to their software development requesting and rapidly incorporating users feedback has turned a good encryption tool into and excellent one.
Paul McGrath, Computer Manager, Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre

My Sony USB Microvault is so much easier than lugging my laptop through airport security, yet again. The nightmare of the lost or stolen USB stick is only too real, with the Staff Salary Reviews and the Acquisition Financials modeled in embarrassing detail.  I use R10Cipher for Mac as a simple and reliable way of exchanging financial models and private placement memorandums across platforms as well as for secure storage on my USB sticks and portable hard drives. Simple, reliable and easy to use.
Karl Mattingly, Partner, slowCapital

R10Cipher is simple, easy to use and powerful. It is the best encryption program for the Mac we have found.
Paul, OnTravel.Com

R10Cipher has been an excellent product for ensuring the safe and secure transmission of files in a cross platform environment. As an independent Strategy Consultant using Apple Mac, but with a client base using mostly PC platforms, I need to find a way to easily send sensitive market and financial data to clients with no hassle for my clients. R10Cipher does the job simply, easily, and with no problems at all, and causes no difficulties with clients firewalls. Enough said!... great product.
Peter M. Scott

For NetFoos I am lucky enough to travel around the USA and parts of Europe to bring live streaming foosball tournaments to the foosball community. For the live streaming there is a lot of information needed to keep the server running and secure. Now, while on the road with R10Cipher, receiving this information from the home office is much easier as we can simply encrypt and email it while feeling confident that our data remains private. Although we are constantly finding new uses for the software, this one capability has made R10Cipher a great investment for us.
Mark Winker, NetFoos.com

If you need to make company or private info available on a need to know basis, them R10Cipher is the tool for you. There are other encryption packages but I haven't found an easier to use cross platform software than this one. 
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Data Security and Privacy are an ideal, a holy grail that we as citizens in the 21st century are striving for. What was once considered a right, is now considered difficult and virtually unattainable.

Convenience and Security are generally seen as being divided by a large gap. Veer to the left of that gap and we have greater Convenience, at the expense of Security. Veer to the right and we have greater Security, at the expense of Convenience.

I don’t think it has to be that way. R10Cipher is designed to make security of email, text and documents convenient and easy to use without compromising on security.

Additionally I am using the R10Cipher engine in a number of my products to give inbuilt encryption by default, there is no reason that the data stored within your CRM System or your Todo Manager should be stored as clear text, built in encryption in all kinds of products is the way forward.

I am also working with other companies who are using the R10Cipher encryption libraries to build encryption into their own products from the start.

Choosing R10Cipher should not stop you using other complimentary encryption systems. Full disk encryption products such as TrueCrypt add to your overall security and as such work well with R10Cipher. Security is better viewed as a layered approach, there is no silver bullet or one stop shop.

I believe that generally speaking security is looked upon by the man in the street as too complicated and too expensive and as such often gets ignored.

With R10Cipher I hope to change peoples minds and therefore help protect their privacy.

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One of the problems that I discovered while testing the PCD Initiative was the problem of Key Management. In other words, for security purposes, I as an IFA for example, should use a different Shared Secret for each client but how do I remember each of those and who they belong to ? The answer came with version 3 of R10Cipher and the inbuilt Key Management capability.

R10Cipher Version 3 features an encrypted database of contact names and their email addresses. Stored against each of these individual records is also their Shared Secret. All of this information can be recalled and used by entering a single master password. I need only my master password to communicate securely with any of my contacts, using their own individual Shared Secrets.

There is also the option of setting a secondary password called a ‘Usage Password’. This password allows an individual, maybe a member of staff, to send and receive encrypted communications with the client without ever seeing or having the ability to change that clients Shared Secret.

I believe this method of communicating between large groups of people securely has simplicity and security advantages to the Public Key methods available, whether centralised using a Certificate Authority or decentralised ‘Web of Trust’ PGP type methods.

Another advantage of R10Cipher in this scenario is that you have the control, you are not relying on a third party, or a web service to handle the encryption.

With R10Cipher it is all done locally.

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The reason I created the Protect Client Data Initiative (www.protectclientdata.co.uk) was because I believe that we can get more people to use encryption by starting with the organisations that deal with the consumers in a professional capacity, Independent Financial Advisors, Accountants, Realtors and other professionals.

If we can convince these organisations to use R10Cipher to encrypt their communication between themselves and their clients then the benefits are felt far and wide.

The PCD Initiative works by selling a personalised copy of R10Cipher to a professional organisation. They then have the right to give this software to all of their clients free of charge, or if they wish they can charge a fee. Communication between this organisation and their clients is then done using R10Cipher to ensure the privacy of the communication.

Using the example of an IFA, the benefits for them are threefold:

• They are seen to be taking their clients privacy seriously, their competitors may not be

• Any incidents of identity theft cannot be levelled at the IFA

• They fulfil the requirements of their governing body for ‘treating customers fairly’

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Another area in which R10Cipher can be used successfully is when communication needs to be made between individuals using technologies that are publicly readable. An example would be a blog being written by a world traveller in which he updates his audience daily as to his location and his adventures.

Tagged on the end of a blog post could be an encrypted message that can be decoded only by his wife in which he tells her how much he misses her and can she send him some toilet roll as this item appears to be in short supply in Outer Mongolia.

R10Cipher is ideal for this purpose.

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Some encryption solutions available are in my opinion potentially dangerous, as they give the illusion of security while in the real world being subject to being compromised all too easily. There are a number of common ‘server based’ or ‘black box’ type email encryption systems. These systems encrypt the email whilst in transit.

This is fine as far as it goes, however what about if the email gets sent to the wrong person accidentally ? or if it then gets forwarded accidentally by the recipient ? What about if the recipient’s computer is insecure and her email inbox is reviewed by someone when she is out of the office ?

In my opinion for an email to be considered secure it should be encrypted in such a way that the only people who can view the contents are the sender and the intended recipient(s).

R10Cipher is the obvious choice.

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It seems that despite the publicity given to security, encryption and identity theft, very few people actually take these threats seriously. Our own government and Civil Service have time and time again been caught out and been exposed as not taking security, our security, even national security, seriously.

This is, I sincerely hope, down to individuals being confused about or choosing to ignore security policies and not down to the fact that these organisations don’t have any security policies in place.

The reason, I believe, that security is often ignored is because it is perceived as too complicated for the average person. In a lot of cases it is. Security and Encryption are, and need to be, Complex - but Not Complicated.

If an encryption product could be copied onto your computer, whether it be running Windows, Mac or Linux, if this product could be run from a USB drive or a CD-ROM, if this product was only 32Mb in size and was fast and easy to use requiring no installation, or runtimes, would people be more comfortable using it ?

If you could communicate using this encryption product and the recipient if not already possessing the product, could download it in seconds and use it to decrypt the message without any payment or registration, would people use it ?

If you could encrypt a bunch of files just by dragging and dropping them into R10Cipher, could it be any easier ?

If an individual receiving an encrypted document could double click the encrypted document, enter their Shared Secret and have the encrypted document be decrypted and automatically saved to their Desktop under it’s original file name, isn’t that easy and straightforward enough ?

An American school teacher recently purchased R10Cipher and now uses it to send messages to the parents of her students. As the ‘decrypt only’ version of R10Cipher is free of charge, this was done at no cost to the parents and only $15 to the teacher. Price along with flexible and fair licensing are additional ways in which R10Cipher triumphs over it’s competitors.

R10Cipher can do all the above, and more.

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R10Cipher is a simple and easy way to safely encrypt your email, text and document files. It is like your documents and email are escorted by a SWAT Team rather than written on a postcard.

R10Cipher offers secure, peer to peer end to end encryption using up to 384 Bit Blowfish encryption.

The encryption technology used by R10Cipher was developed in the UK. Blowfish is a keyed symmetric block cipher which was invented by ‘Security Guru’ and renowned author, Bruce Schneier, Chief Security Technical Officer at British Telecom, in 1993. It provides excellent encryption and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Blowfish is free of patents, and back doors, and Bruce has placed Blowfish in the public domain.

Blowfish was chosen over AES for R10Cipher due to the fact that rightly or wrongly there is some suspicion in certain circles, specifically in the USA, that AES is compromised and that their government may have a back-door into AES. The reality of that point of view is irrelevant as it’s the beliefs of the potential customer that matters.

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This series of posts discusses why you should use R10Cipher to ensure your communications are kept private and confidential.

In this document there is very little discussion of the technology. There is a very good reason for this.

Technology is the easy part of security, the real issue that needs addressing is how to make the technology easy and simple enough so that it is used.

Security and encryption are as much about people and processes as technology. What good is security technology if people cannot or will not use it.

R10Cipher was designed from the ground up to be useable by ordinary people. The design for versions 2 and 3 was based almost totally on feedback from existing and potential future customers.

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Quote from BCS: David Clarke, BCS chief executive says: “I’m particularly pleased to see so many entries in these difficult economic conditions; it reinforces the importance of IT in delivering business and social benefit. Our Awards are central to our drive to create the IT profession and the finalists can be proud of their achievements. “

Quote from Computing: Robin Booth, Publishing Director of Computing comments: “The Awards are a showcase for the very best in the UK IT industry and those who have been announced as finalists can be very proud of their outstanding achievement. The next stage of judging is going to be very difficult. The variety of entrants emphasises not only the value of IT today, but also the way which it touches so many areas of life.”



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It's customers like this that make the product what it is, their feedback and encouragement makes it all worthwhile.

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3.1.0 is now available for download.

This update adds the option to Auto Generate the Shared Secrets for your contacts, either during the initial import or later on an individual level. For those that opt to use this facility they are likely to save a lot of time and effort.

Also I have put a descriptive text against the ‘Shared Secret Confirmation’ input field.

The R10Cipher website now accepts purchases directly in US Dollars as well as Pounds Sterling.

These updates are down to customer requests. Keep them coming

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3.0.2 is now available for download.

This update removes the ‘Show’ button as it is no longer needed now that the Shared Secret has to be verified. In addition a ‘Clear’ button has been added which clears both the Cipher and Clear Text areas.

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Scenario 1: Encrypting or Decrypting Text or a File from within R10Cipher
In these circumstances instead of having to remember and enter the Shared Secret for the contact you can instead select the Keys Tab and input the Master or Usage Password for the appropriate contact. Then choose the contact from the list. You can search for the contact and filter the list using the search box on the bottom left of the screen.

Select the contact in the list. If you have entered the correct Password the indicator will change from red to Green and the Shared Secret fields will be populated.

You can now encrypt text or files without having to enter the Shared Secret.
Another Advantage of retrieving the Shared Secret from the Key Management Database is that if you are sending an encrypted email, R10Cipher will know the email address and fill in the email header appropriately.

So instead of having to remember lots of Shared Secrets and Email Addresses, you only, using the Key Management Database, have to remember a minimum of one Password.

Scenario 2: Double Clicking an Encrypted File to Decrypt It
When double clicking an encrypted file you now see the following screen:

In these circumstances instead of having to remember and enter the Shared Secret for the contact you can instead input the Master or Usage Password for the appropriate contact.

You can search for the contact and filter the list using the search box on the bottom left of the screen.

Select the contact in the list. If you have entered the correct Password the indicator will change from red to Green and the Shared Secret fields will be populated.

Click Continue to decrypt your file.

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The creation of keys is done by selecting the following Menu Option:

Key Management
Key Creation and Administration

You will see the following screen (Mac OSX version shown):

This is where you setup your clients/contacts and your/their Shared Secrets. In addition, for each client you setup you can assign two passwords, a Master password and a Usage Password. For an explanation of the two passwords see the Key Management Introduction section.

To Insert a contact, just start typing and fill in the five information fields, from Name to Usage Password. When complete press Save, and Save again to confirm.

To Edit a contact, select the contact from the list on the left hand side of the screen. You will see the Name and Email Address but the Shared Secret and the Passwords are encrypted and not readable. To view this data and edit it you need to input the Master Password for this contact into the Decode Password area of the screen and press the Decode button. You can then edit the information and save it using the Save button.

To Delete a contact, select the contact from the list on the left hand side of the screen. You will need to input the Master Password for this contact into the Decode Password area of the screen and press the Decode button. You can then press the Delete button to erase the record.

Note: Deleted records are gone and cannot be retrieved.

If you intend entering a number of clients or contacts you may already have them stored in a database or spreadsheet somewhere. If that is the case then you should Import the records which will save you time and increase information accuracy.

Note: You will need to edit each record later to apply the Shared Secret and Password(s).

To Import records you have three choices which can be selected using the ‘radio’ buttons on the bottom left of the window. When you have selected the type of import you require press the Import button. The three choices are:

Tab - Tab Delimited

This is the Tab Import Window. The fields required are Name and Email Address. Select the import file using the Select File button. Select the records you would like to import, and save them to the Key Management database using the Save Selected button.

ContaX - ContaX CRM Import

This is the ContaX (http://www.r10contax.com) Import Window. You point R10Cipher at your ContaX database, using the Select DB button, and this pulls data into the import window, allows you to sort by Type and then import the selected records using the Save Selected button.

Address Book - Apple Only

This is the Apple Address Book Import Window. Select the records to import and save them to R10Cipher using the Save Selected button.

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Shared Secret

This is the code or phrase that is used to secure a communication between yourself and a particular third party, ie: your client or contact.

Master Password

This is the password that only you should know. It safe guards your Key Management Database records. You could use a different Master Password for each record if you preferred or use a different one for each type of contact, or use the same one for each record. It’s entirely up to you, but bear in mind that you have to remember this one ...

Usage Password

Only needed if another individual may be using your R10Cipher to communicate with your contacts. They can retrieve the Shared Secrets for use but cannot see them or change them.


It is recommended that for each client/contact you assign a different Shared Secret. Make it at least 8 characters, 16 or more is ideal, it doesn’t have to be particularly memorable as the Key Management makes it easy for this to be retrieved when needed.

You should secure your Key Management Database and the Shared Secrets using a Master Password. This Master Password should be more memorable as this is the what you will have to enter in order to edit, delete or retrieve the Shared Secrets. I recommend you base this password on a something familiar, for example the first letter of the words of the first two lines of your favourite song. Mix this using upper and lowercase and substitute numbers where possible.


Note: The reason for having a password secure the Shared Secrets is that the Shared Secret is used to encrypt the communication, this communication will be ‘in the wild’ when transferred over the internet between email or web servers, hence it needs to be unique and strong. Your Key Management Database however is not exposed to the outside world so a small amount of passwords or a single password should be sufficient to encrypt and control access to the records in the Key Management Database.

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Key Management is an extremely useful and important part of encryption, yet is often sadly neglected by the developers of encryption software.

In this document the term ‘Key’ relates to the database record for an individual which contains the following information:

Name
Email Address
Shared Secret
Master Password
Usage Password

If you have several contacts who you communicate with using encryption, how do you keep track of, remember and retrieve the individual Shared Secrets ? The Key Management database makes this possible.

Note: Storing information of this nature in a database would under normal circumstances be a security risk in itself, R10Cipher however stores this information in an Encrypted format using 384 Bit encryption and a 56 Character Secret.

By inputting (or importing) your contacts into the Key Management Database you can retrieve their Shared Secrets and Email Addresses when you need them, quickly and easily.

There are two password fields in the Key Management Database Record. If there is only one person using your Key Management Database then you need only bother with the Master Password, if someone else is allowed to use your Key Management database then they will be given the ‘Usage Password’ which will allow them to Encode and Decode communications from the contact, but not change any details, including the Shared Secret.

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Double Click R10Cipher to launch the software. You will see the R10Cipher main screen. The Windows XP Version is shown below with the Drag and Drop Encryption Area highlighted:

Enter your Shared Secret (this is your encryption key) into the area at the bottom left of the screen. This can be between 4 and 16 characters. For example: yuetrtytpl*565r0.

Drag one of more files into the Drag and Drop Encryption Area (highlighted above). Press the Batch button to the right of the list of files.

The encrypted files will be saved to your desktop with the same filenames as the originals but with the file extension .r10Enc.


Decrypting Files and Documents

Double Click the encrypted file, following the double click you see this window:

All you have to do is enter the Shared Secret and the file will be decrypted and saved on your Desktop with the same name as the original, pre-encrypted file.

NOTE: Before you use this feature for the first time you may need to associate the R10Enc files with the R10Cipher Software. How you do this depends on your Operating System. We have instructions in the Manual Addendum for Mac OSX and Windows XP.

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Enter your Shared Secret (this is your encryption key) into the area at the bottom left of the screen. This can be between 4 and 16 characters. For example: yuetrtytpl*565r0.

Enter the message or text you wish to encrypt into the Clear Text area. You can right click and Paste the text, or use Drag and Drop if you wish.

Select the Encrypt option from the toolbar.

Click the Email button and an email will be opened for you with the encrypted text as the message. Send the email.


Decrypting Email Communications

Drag the Encrypted text from the email into the Cipher Text area. Enter the Shared Secret and Select the Decrypt button on the toolbar to view the Decrypted contents.

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The goals of R10Cipher are as follows:

1. Provide a simple to use method of creating encrypted email messages.
2. Provide a simple to use method of encrypting and decrypting individual files and documents.

By focusing on the above two goals R10Cipher is designed specifically for use between two parties who are likely to be transferring private or sensitive information. R10Cipher is the complete ‘end to end’ encryption solution.

R10Cipher is not free, the price however is designed to be attractive given the advantages of R10Cipher over the alternatives. It has to be said that using some sort of encryption when passing sensitive information is now necessary and essential.

Initially this document was going to cover several alternatives, when it comes to Cross Platform alternatives however there is not a lot of choice and the only one of note is TrueCrypt.

By ‘Cross Platform’ what I mean is software that can be used on Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Mac OSX and Linux. If you wish to communicate securely then you need a solution that will run on your operating system as well as the operating system used by your clients, you have no control over what their choice of operating system is.

TrueCrypt http://www.truecrypt.org

TrueCrypt is designed to create an encrypted ‘volume’ that can then be accessed from either your Windows or Macintosh computer, using the appropriate password, assuming you have TrueCrypt installed. As a method of creating and maintaining an encrypted volume of information TrueCrypt is excellent. It is however designed for an entirely different purpose to R10Cipher.

Think of the hard disk on your computer. Imagine another hard disk into which you can store information which is then automatically encrypted. Imagine being able to drag that hard disk onto a USB key and take it with you and load it onto another computer. That is effectively what TrueCrypt does.

Compare this to R10Cipher. R10Cipher allows you to encrypt and decrypt the contents of an email or text document. R10Cipher allows you to encrypt a single file that can then be sent over email or copied around the network. A very different proposition to TrueCrypt.

It’s also worth looking at ease of use. R10Cipher requires no installation. TrueCrypt needs a lengthy installation and setup. Who is going to support your clients through this installation ? If in doubt it is worth doing the exercise and seeing for yourself. As a solution to use between yourself and external clients, TrueCrypt cannot be recommended. It is just not designed for that purpose.

Of course as the author and designer of R10Cipher I am biased. Therefore I recommend you try both R10Cipher and TrueCrypt. R10Cipher can be downloaded for a free trial from this address:

http://www.artenscience.co.uk/artenscience/Pages/R10Cipher.html

Further details on the PCD Program can be viewed here:
http://www.artenscience.co.uk/artenscience/Pages/pcdmain.html

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Any feedback much appreciated.

I’ll be working on the help file and manual now prior to release, hopefully later in the week.

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R10Cipher Version 2 attempts to make working with encrypted files as simple as possible. Therefore any encrypted file can be decrypted just by double clicking the encrypted file.

Following the double click you see this window:

All you have to do is enter Shared Secret and the file will be decrypted and saved on your Desktop with the same name as the original, pre-encrypted file.

NOTE: Before you use this feature for the first time you may need to associate the R10Enc files with the R10Cipher Software.

Zero Effort Corporate Licensing

Another new feature in Version 2 is the ability to license the program for the user just by deploying a file to them, maybe via email, which they they drag into their R10Cipher folder. If R10Cipher is currently running as a Trial Version the file will be read and the program automatically licensed.

The file can then be deleted.

The file must be named as follows:

R10Cipher_License.ini

and the contents must be in plain text format and read as follows:

In a multi desktop environment Zero Effort Licensing saves time and effort and provides a painless way to license your Arten Science product.

Updated Manual
This release features an updated manual.

All feedback much appreciated.

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The file can then be deleted.

The file must be named as follows:

programname_License.ini

and the contents must be in plain text format and read as follows:

In a multi desktop environment Zero Effort Licensing saves time and effort and provides a painless way to license your Arten Science product.

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To start with I highlight all the items I want from YoJimbo and use the Export option. The problem here is that YoJimbo exports a new file for every entry, and I need just the one file. To address this I open the Terminal application and navigate to the directory containing my exported password files. I then type the following command:

cat * > newfilename.txt

Voila ! I now have a single file that contains all of my exported passwords in plain text.

I then launch R10Cipher and drag the contents of my text file into the ‘Clear Text’ area of R10Cipher. I type a ‘Shared Secret’ and click the Encrypt button. My passwords are now encrypted, protected by the key, or ‘Shared Secret’ that I just entered.

All that remains is for me to copy the encrypted file onto my Windows netbook and when I need the passwords I can use the Windows version of R10Cipher to open and Decrypt the file which allows me to view the contents. If I lose my netbook or it gets stolen - so what. At least my data is safe.

Note to UK Government agencies: YOU NEED R10CIPHER

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