Encryption Wizard
Editions and Requirements

Editions

Encryption Wizard comes in multiple editions, all producing encrypted files which are fully interoperable and usable by other editions. Given the absence of support funding and to ease bandwidth requirements, only the Unified Edition is available for download from this site, and only in recent versions.

Standard Editions

These editions all have the same default configuration and functionality.

• Unified Edition is FIPS 140-2 validated, and may be downloaded and used by anybodyAny nation not in the Export Administration Regulations 740-1 Country Group E:1 can use Unified Edition.
  
  As of December 2016, this excludes Iran, North Korea, Sudan, or Syria.
  
  Cuba is no longer on E:1 but is now on E:2, which may be equally prohibitive. Readers are cautioned that this status may change unpredictably, and are advised to obtain proper legal counsel. at no charge. It uses a third-party cryptography module with no distribution restrictions.
  

• Government Edition is FIPS 140-2 validated. It uses a third-party cryptography module licensed for use by Federal employees and contractors only.

• Public Edition may be downloaded and used by anybodyAny nation not in the Export Administration Regulations 740-1 Country Group E:1 can use Public Edition.
  
  As of December 2016, this excludes Iran, North Korea, Sudan, or Syria.
  
  Cuba is no longer on E:1 but is now on E:2, which may be equally prohibitive. Readers are cautioned that this status may change unpredictably, and are advised to obtain proper legal counsel. at no charge. It uses the cryptography support already present in Java. It contains all the important features of EW and serves as a good introduction to the software.

Custom Editions

Encryption Wizard also exists in several custom editions, made for specific Federal organizations. These are easily distinguishable by the window title, the text in the 'Help→About' dialog box, and the background image in the main window. The exact differences in any given custom build obviously vary per organization (typically different option defaults and the possibility of disaster escrow recovery), but all such editions are still interoperable with the standard editions above.

Operating Requirements

Encryption Wizard currently requires a Java SE (Standard Edition) compatible environment, running Java 8 or later. At present, this usually means either the commercial Oracle JDK with installers, or the free OpenJDK Oracle builds without installers. EW itself is a standalone program running with unprivileged user permissions.

Encryption Wizard does not require…

• …installation. EW is an executable JAR file; as long as you have permission to run JAR files, you can put EW in any folder and launch it from there. Users on MS-Windows can optionally run an "Install" step which will create shortcuts for convenience.
• …web browser permissions. EW is not a Java applet and makes no use of any browser plug-in. You can restrict your browser's access to Java, or disable it entirely, without affecting EW.
• …network access. EW does not, itself, use any network functions at all. (Obviously, if you click a link to a website inside EW, or encrypt a file sitting on a network share, then network activity will happen — but it would be done through your web browser or file manager, respectively.)

Encryption Wizard optionally uses a smartcard reader. Support is very dependent on the combination of operating system and middleware you have installed.