* Added a Self-Extractor, so other people who haven't installed JVDE EBackup will be able to decrypt JBK files. This feature is only available in the Pro version of JVDE EBackup.
* Auto-Update-Check has been removed from the Pro version.
* Auto-Update-Check is now timed out: when JVDE EBackup cannot connect to server after 5 seconds, Auto-Update-Check will be cancelled.
* The Wipe Function strength has been slightly increased.
* Registration information in the help has been extended: now there are more possibilities to register JVDE EBackup Pro.
* Various bug fixes and minor improvements.
Since version 2.40.1, the JVDE EBackup Pro registration fee has been reduced to 10 Euro (about US$ 11).
22/08/99
Release of JVDE EBackup version 2.40
New features:
* Completely rewritten to C (code optimized, better memory management).
* All temporary files will now be copied to Window's TEMP directory.
* When user is online ("Auto-Update-Check"), JVDE EBackup will try to check if user is using the latest version (JVDE EBackup will NOT update itself).
* New option to wipe files using a Government Wipe (specified by Peter Gutmann's 1996 USENIX article: "Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory").
* Minor improvements.
Bug fixes:
* Fixed a very rare password-bug when trying to encrypt multiple files (DES).
* Fixed various e-mail bugs.
28/07/99
Release of JVDE EBackup version 2.11
Bug fixes:
* Decrypt bug, couldn't decrypt with small passwords.
* Sending encrypted e-mails didn't work well.
* Encrypting clipboard didn't work well.
* Form width was too big on Large Font screens.
22/07/99
Release of JVDE EBackup version 2.10.
New features:
* Fixed various bugs:
- On closing access violation error after using "Add File"
- JAF: Problems to decrypt files on drive directories
- Open dialog filter at Decrypt Files fixed to *.jaf
- Temp files on removable drives will be copied to temp dir
- JAF: Temp files will be deleted
* Added a JAF Archive Viewer: now you can select which file(s) you want to decrypt
* JBK and JAF files will be now be checked if their are valid files
* Volume label will be changed to "JAFDisk" when creating JAF archives on removable disks
* Old files create with JVDE EBackup 1.00 are not supported anymore
30/06/99
Version 2.00 of JVDE EBackup released. Because of the U.S. export restrictions I removed Blowfish encryption support in the Standard version and added DES encryption support in the Standard version.
New features:
* Added two extra encryption: DES (Standard) and CAST5 (Pro).
* Completely new interface
* Drag & Drop support
* JAF Archiver, bundle files to one file.
* Wipe files
??/04/99
- Release of JVDE EBackup 1.50 including e-mail encryption.