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Updated Secure Parcel Delivery
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 6:32PM
Secure Parcel Delivery version 1.2 brings a number of long-awaited improvements.
- Switching to the latest and greatest Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP)
- Microsoft Enhanced RSA and AES Cryptographic Provider
- Valid for Windows XP and later
- Adding the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) symmetric cipher to the fold
- Restricting symmetric encryption ciphers and key strengths to those allowed by FIPS 140-2 (and FIPS 140-3)
- See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIPS_140-2
- Allowed ciphers include triple DES and AES with a minimum key length of 128 bits
- Disabling selection of RC4, RC2, DES, 2-key 3DES
- Allowing user selection of RSA key size from 1024 to 16384 bits in 256 bit steps
- I suggest you take the default RSA key size of 3072 bits
- FIPS 140-3 will require at least 3072 bits (to set a minimum cryptographic strength of 128 bits overall) but the program will let you choose keys down to 1024 bits at this time
- Consolidation of User and Key interface elements to simplify configuration
This version is 32-bit only and tested on:
- Windows 7 Professional x64
- Windows Vista Business x86
- Windows XP SP3 x86
Cheers!
-Eric
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