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History

Version

Changes

Date

2.6

Upgraded to version 1.2.3 of zlib to fix potential “denial of service” attacks.

Upgraded NSIS installer to version 2.08 for more robust install/uninstall.

25/7/2005

2.5

Upgraded to version 1.2.2 of zlib to fix potential buffer over-run security issue.

Upgraded NSIS installer to version 2.06 for improved snazziness.

Fixed progress bar during install/uninstall.

21/4/2005

2.4

Added an action to the “File” menu to open a file using the standard Microsoft file open dialogue.

Potentially serious bug fix affecting move, rename and copy operations on files with no extension.

Minor functional and cosmetic improvements.

6/2/2005

2.3

Added batch processing operations.

Improved speed of display of file list following certain operations.

Various minor bug fixes and efficiency improvements.

Revised Help file.

1/11/2004

2.2

Prevented auto-completion of password fields for extra security.

Added tap-and-hold menu for simple file operations.

Added indication of hidden attribute to status icon (red circle indicates file is hidden).

Revised help file.

5/10/2004

2.1

Added flashing LED to remind the user whenever files are awaiting encryption.

Added audible notifications to error and confirmation dialogues.

Improved file association mechanism for cases where encrypted files are opened via Explorer, rather than Crippin.

Introduced separate variant with PocketMac installer.

6/7/2004

2.0

Enabled strong encryption (provided the Microsoft High Encryption Pack is installed). Option toggled with hot-key CTRL-H. Note that files encrypted with previous versions of Crippin should be decrypted with the “High Encryption” option cleared, then re-encrypted with it set, in order to obtain strong encryption.

Added a facility to overwrite the original data once it’s been encrypted, and so prevent data recovery software from breaching security. Option toggled with hot-key CTRL-W.

Removed the old “Hide Decrypted” option because it was frequently overridden by the application used to open the decrypted file.

Revised help file.

19/5/2004

1.6

Added options to choose whether files are hidden when encrypted, and when decrypted, with hot-keys to toggle selection (CTRL-E for encrypted files, CTRL-H for decrypted files)

Updated compression algorithm to ZLIB version 1.2.1 (smaller executable size, minor bug fixes, and slight speed improvement)

Revised help file slightly

28/3/2004

1.5

Added options to hide date and size columns from the file list

Introduced new hot-keys to toggle the new options (CTRL-D for the date, and CTRL-Z for the size)

Made date and size columns auto-size (to improve legibility of some date formats)

Reduced time taken to display the file list

Updated Nullsoft installer to version 2.0 (now using LZMA compression for smaller distribution)

6/3/2004

1.4

Added option to allow access to root folder of storage cards

Added option to allow more effective, but slower, compression

Added option to restore most recent folder and storage card on startup

Updated help file

31/12/2003

1.3

Fixed bug affecting non-English Pocket PCs (the English folder name, “My Documents” was used regardless of language)

Fixed bug in help file (table of contents not accessed correctly)

Updated help file

23/11/2003

1.2

Added “refresh” function to menu bar

Enabled accelerator keys in main dialogue (CTRL-Q = Exit, CTRL-R = Refresh, CTRL-A = About)

Added “overwrite” option during encryption and decryption
Added FAQ section to help file (reproduced above)

14/10/2003

1.1

Cosmetic installer changes

Uninstaller bug fixed (to completely remove Crippin V1.0 from your desktop PC, run the cleanup utility in this zip file)

15/9/2003

1.0

First public release

22/7/2003

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