Not sure if this forum appreciates information about new crypto software for cloud-computing, but we released a new free and open-source software package that can automate encrypting files and moving them into Eucalyptus Walrus while encryption keys are managed securely under your control. The released software is part of our Regulatory Compliant Cloud Computing (RC3) architecture.

Text of the README follows. More detail can be found at http://www.cryptoengine.org. Source and binaries are available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/skce/.

If the forum does not appreciate such announcements, my sincere apologies to all - it will not happen again.

Arshad Noor
StrongAuth, Inc.

StrongKey CryptoEngine - from StrongAuth, Inc.
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This is the 1.0 release of the StrongKey CryptoEngine (SKCE) , a Java program that allows you to encrypt/decrypt files and seamlessly move them in and out of public/private clouds. The encryption keys are stored in a secure device - the StrongAuth KeyAppliance - allowing you to prove compliance to data-security regulations even when the file is in the public cloud.

The SKCE currently works with AWS S3, Microsoft Azure and Eucalyptus Walrus (other clouds to come soon). The SHA256 digests of the files are:

1df8c3774e1aa7b58156eaea4c5b383eada4ef8ebc0e1f25706f60d2b272f8ee skce-src-v1.0-build-6.zip
44f2e6f5cf8967d2f73f04a53c7a59a668877e909b1eb135cf842ecfad5f3d0e skce-v1.0-build-6.zip

The software is configured to work with a DEMO KeyAppliance on the internet. The generated symmetric keys are sent there for storage and retrieval. Please DO NOT attempt to use the DEMO machine for PRODUCTION use - there are no guarantees around the availability of the DEMO appliance - it exists purely to showcase the capabilities of our products and to allow you to play with the SKCE to try it out. If and when you decide to use the SKCE in your production applications, you must buy your own KeyAppliances, or build your own key-management solution to use with the SKCE (we, obviously, hope that you'll buy the KeyAppliance from us).

Download the binaries, source and give it a spin. If you have questions, post them on the forum at the SourceForge site. We're interested in your feedback - good or bad.

Thank you.

The SKCE Team
StrongAuth, Inc.