New in FATE - file and text encryption 5.0 (Oct 17, 2022)
- Both file and text output encryption methods have changed, if you have files created from a previous version, be sure and keep them seperate, or re- encrypt using this version.
- File encryption method of passing the keystream and IV have changed, additionally, the hash of the original file is stored in the encrypted file, which the script will use to determine whether or not to overwrite an older file. Another minor change is that the Linux version of Fate will store file attributes on filesystems that support it, and write those attributes upon de-ciphering. On Windows it's kind of a non-issue.
- Changed the method of text encryption from TCL native AES-256 to using OpenSSL Aria-256 just to be consistent. If you've saved text encrypted files from an older version, keep that older version handy. Ciphertext output is back to Base64 as it seems to be more universally used.