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Previous FreeOTFE news is shown below. For the latest developments in FreeOTFE and FreeOTFE4PDA, please see the FreeOTFE homepage

FreeOTFE Explorer v3.40 released (13th October 2009)
v3.40 of FreeOTFE Explorer is now available for download.

This new version improves performance, and makes the user interface a lot more user friendly when carrying out copy/move/store/extract operations by adding the standard MS Windows progress dialogs, adds overwrite functionality, Czech and Japanese translations - and more!

FreeOTFE Explorer v3.40 is also available in both U3 and portableapps.com packages - as well as standard installer and ZIP archive releases - providing better integration with these two systems and making it even easier to take with you!

Please see the Version history for more details on what's changed!

FreeOTFE v5.10 and FreeOTFE4PDA v5.10 released (13th October 2009)
v5.10 of the PC version of FreeOTFE, and v5.10 of the PDA version (FreeOTFE4PDA) are now available for download

For the PC, various options have been added, including the ability to set FreeOTFE to start automatically when Windows starts, and a handful of other usability options such as allowing the user to define what action is to be carried out when single/doubleclicking the system tray icon.

The PC version of FreeOTFE is also available in both U3 and portableapps.com packages - as well as standard installer and ZIP archive releases - providing better integration with these two systems for those who have and use them.

The PDA version sees less changes, mainly to correct a packaging issue with the previous release's translation files, caused by a fault in the Microsoft packaging tool.

Both versions also now feature Czech and Japanese language translations.

To read more about the specifics of what's new, please check the Version history.

FreeOTFE Explorer v3.00 released (22nd July 2009)
v3.00 of FreeOTFE Explorer is now available for download.

This new version sees a fair amount of change to the user interface!

You'll find mounting encrypted volumes is faster, copy, move and rename functionality have now been added, XTS mode for the Gladman cypher implementations is now available (in addition to the existing XTS mode used by the LibTomCrypt cypher implementations), the RIPEMD-256/RIPEMD-320 hash algorithms have been added, and numerous usability and user interface improvements have been made!

FreeOTFE Explorer is also now available in both U3 and portableapps.com packages - as well as the existing ZIP archive and installer release - providing better integration with these two systems and making it even easier to take with you!

Please see the Version history for more details on what's changed!

FreeOTFE v5.00 and FreeOTFE4PDA v5.00 released (22nd July 2009)
v5.00 of the PC version of FreeOTFE, and v5.00 of the PDA version (FreeOTFE4PDA) are now available for download

Performance changes to the PC drivers have now dramatically improved how fast FreeOTFE operates over previous versions, and a number of tweaks and improvements have been made to the user interface

The PC version of FreeOTFE is now available in both U3 and portableapps.com packages - as well as the existing ZIP archive and installer release - providing better integration with these two systems for those who have and use them.

On the PDA front, mount performance is significantly faster, and (finally!) support for Linux LUKS volumes has been added to FreeOTFE4PDA!

On top of this, the PDA version now supports language translations, with English, German, Spanish, Italian and French translations available - if you can help add to this list, here's where to start!

Both the PC and PDA versions now offer XTS mode for the Gladman cypher implementations (in addition to the existing XTS mode used by the LibTomCrypt cypher implementations), and the RIPEMD-256/RIPEMD-320 hash algorithms have been added.

To read more about the specifics of what's new, please check the Version history.

FreeOTFE Explorer v2.10 released (19th April 2009)
v2.10 of FreeOTFE Explorer is now available for download.

This new version adds LUKS support and includes a number of changes to improve filesystem compatibility. It is highly recommended that users of previous versions upgrade to this latest version

If you can help by translating FreeOTFE Explorer into other languages, please join in!

FreeOTFE Explorer v2.10 released (19th April 2009)
v2.10 of FreeOTFE Explorer is now available for download.

This new version adds LUKS support and includes a number of changes to improve filesystem compatibility. It is highly recommended that users of previous versions upgrade to this latest version

If you can help by translating FreeOTFE Explorer into other languages, please join in!

FreeOTFE v4.71 and FreeOTFE4PDA v3.76 released (19th April 2009)
v4.71 of the PC version of FreeOTFE, and v3.76 of the PDA version (FreeOTFE4PDA) are now available for download, adding support for additional command line parameters and correcting a couple of minor bugs when mounting very old (CBC based) volumes. (See version history for all changes)

If you can help by translating FreeOTFE into other languages, please join in!

FreeOTFE Explorer v2.00 released (4th April 2009)
v2.00 of FreeOTFE Explorer is now available for download.

This new version features radical enhancements over v1.00, and integrating much of FreeOTFE's functionality

If you can help by translating FreeOTFE Explorer into other languages, please join in!

FreeOTFE v4.70 and FreeOTFE4PDA v3.75 released (4th April 2009)
v4.70 of the PC version of FreeOTFE, and v3.75 of the PDA version (FreeOTFE4PDA) are now available for download, including a new Spanish tranaslation for the PC version, and refactored code for the PDA. (Version history)

If you can help by translating FreeOTFE into other languages, please join in!

Translators still wanted! (4th April 2009)
FreeOTFE and FreeOTFE Explorer are now available in the following languages:
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Spanish

If you are a native speaker of a language other than English, and would like to help out with the FreeOTFE project, please see the page on translating FreeOTFE for information on how you can help translate FreeOTFE into as many languages as possible!

FreeOTFE Explorer v1.00 released! (1st March 2009)
FreeOTFE Explorer, a new development based on FreeOTFE has now been released

FreeOTFE v4.60 released (19th February 2009)
v4.60 of the PC version of FreeOTFE is now available for download, which adds a French translation together with a number of cosmetic improvements

If you can help by translating FreeOTFE into other languages, please join in!

FreeOTFE v4.50 released (1st January 2009)
v4.50 of the PC version of FreeOTFE is now available for download, and includes an Italian translation together with various display improvements and maintenance fixes

FreeOTFE v4.40 released (20th November 2008)
v4.40 of the PC version of FreeOTFE has now been released, and includes a German translation and various maintenance fixes and enhancements over v4.30.

FreeOTFE v4.30 and FreeOTFE4PDA v3.05 released (27th October 2008)
v4.30 of the PC version of FreeOTFE has now been released, featuring a number of enhancements, including:
  • Added functionality to support language translations
  • Further commandline options
  • Parameter passing to autorun applications on mounting/dismounting
  • A number of interface improvements
  • Various other enhancements!

A maintenance release of the PDA version has also been released (v3.05), which includes updated documentation and resolves the "storage device could not be activated at this time" issue seen by a small number of users

Translators wanted! (27th October 2008)
Among other improvements, FreeOTFE v4.3 introduces support for languages translations, allowing the user interface to be shown in the user's native language.

If you are a native speaker of a language other than English, and would like to help out with the FreeOTFE project, please see the page on translating FreeOTFE for information on how you can help translate FreeOTFE into as many languages as possible!

FreeOTFE v4.00 released (26th June 2008)
v4.0 of the PC version of FreeOTFE has now been released, featuring a number of enhancements, including:
  • Added support for 64 bit versions of MS Windows
  • Added support for PKCS#11 (Cryptoki) security tokens/smartcards
  • Significantly improved partition selection system
  • Further commandline options
  • Various other enhancements!

FreeOTFE and FreeOTFE4PDA v3.00 released (16th December 2007)
v3.0 of both the PC and PDA versions of FreeOTFE have now been released, featuring a number of enhancements, including:
  • Full installer support (release also available as a ZIP file for more portable use)
  • LRW and XTS encryption
  • Post-mount and pre/post-dismount launchers (provides basis for automated integrity checking, setup, cleanup, etc)
  • Further command line support
  • Numerous other enhancements!

FreeOTFE4PDA v2.11 released (29th June 2007)
An update release of FreeOTFE4PDA is now available (v2.11), which fixes a couple of minor issues with commandline options/".vol" file associations

FreeOTFE4PDA v2.10 released (27th May 2007)
v2.10 of FreeOTFE4PDA has now been released, featuring improved support for Windows Mobile 5 softkeys

New FreeOTFE WWW Site released! (8th April 2007)
Hope you like the new look! This will be tweaked further in the days to come...

FreeOTFE and FreeOTFE4PDA v2.0 released (18th March 2007)
v2.0 of both the PC and PDA versions of FreeOTFE have now been released, featuring a number of enhancements, including support for Windows Vista on the PC version, and configurable options on the PDA version