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PwTech-3.6.0-portable.zip.sig 2026-05-14 566 Bytes
PwTech-3.6.0-setup.exe.sig 2026-05-14 566 Bytes
PwTech-3.6.0-src.zip.sig 2026-05-14 566 Bytes
PwTech-3.6.0-src.zip 2026-05-14 5.7 MB
README 2026-05-14 5.4 kB
PwTech-3.6.0-Setup.exe 2026-05-14 9.1 MB
PwTech-3.6.0-portable.zip 2026-05-14 8.2 MB
Totals: 7 Items   23.0 MB 995
NOTES ON THE FILES:
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PwTech-xxx-portable.zip:
Portable 64-bit version of the Password Tech package without installer/setup.
Simply extract the contents of the zip file into a folder of your choice and
execute PwTech.exe.
NOTE: A 32-bit version will no longer be provided, as official support by
Microsoft for 32-bit versions of Windows has ended in October 2025.

PwTech-xxx-setup.exe:
Password Tech package with installer (64-bit only).

PwTech-xxx-src.zip:
Source code of the program. See readme-src.txt for details on building the
executable application from the source code.

SHA256 CHECKSUMS:
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Order of checksums corresponds to order of files listed above:
14db5a4e7bc2b82f934d0bbced233d879c4cd854b162dba6137af45644f03660 *portable.zip
245a5f60a20cb5fbd64c2f02f4b023d966e2d288586445ec6e20e2932a93e806 *setup.exe
55758969d6d2845159ac6867ca7ddfa962b05d04abc800bbd0b868c4c26788f3 *src.zip

SIGNATURES:
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Each file has been signed with my private 4096-bit RSA key using GnuPG
(www.gnupg.org), and the resulting signatures have been stored in the .sig
files in this folder. You can verify the signatures with my public key
(KeyID = 6D1CB7C5 - see public key block at the end of this document).

RELEASE NOTES:
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Version 3.6.0

NEW FEATURES:

- Added option to estimate password quality (along with password quality bar)
  to "Enter password" dialog
- PassCube: Added database name/description box to password settings
- PassCube: Password confirmation can be skipped by pressing "Skip" button in
  "Enter password" dialog

CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS:

- Redesigned password quality bar: Color (ranging from red over yellow to
  green) and length (full length = 128 bits) indicate password strength
- Password database format version 1.8: (a) Use Encrypt-then-MAC scheme,
  (b) use different keys for encryption and HMAC, (c) always use salt (random
  32-byte sequence) to derive encryption key when recovery key is set
- Support for base32-encoded Donor Keys 
  
FIXES:

- PassCube: Adding/modifying database entry: Changed password accepted when
  pressing "Cancel" button in "Confirm password" dialog


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Source: README, updated 2026-05-14