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What are the system requirements?
USA Shield runs on Windows™ 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP. USA SHIELD is not available for the Macintosh. The
archive size is 417 KB and will take about 10 seconds to download on a dial-up connection.
What is encryption?
Encryption is the transformation of data into an unreadable form. Its purpose is to ensure privacy by keeping
the information hidden from anyone for whom it is not intended, even those who can see the encrypted data.
What is "Shareware"?
The essence of Shareware is to provide you with software that you get to try before you buy, while rewarding the efforts of the
developers. When you think about it, the opportunity to try before you buy is the ultimate guarantee of a product's quality and
usefulness to you. In fact, Shareware can be just as professionally developed as software that comes in a fancy box, but the
price of Shareware can be set lower because it does not have to cover expensive marketing costs. Still, software businesses that
market their products as Shareware need to get paid for their efforts just as any other business. When you support the Shareware
concept, it ensures that the concept will continue to work and you will continue to get to "try before you buy".
I already have password protection on my notebook. Do I also need USA Shield?
Yes! To protect the data on notebooks, users often rely upon a password: without typing it in, the notebook will not run.
What most people do not know is that this kind of "protection" represents no more than a momentary obstacle;
it is similar to the flimsy locks found on suitcases. A thief interested in the data on the notebook he has stolen
can gain unrestricted access using an ordinary screwdriver within five minutes. A notebook's password is usually stored on
a chip known as the BIOS. The protection is therefore only in force on that particular PC. To access the data, the thief
simply removes the hard disk drive and installs it into another PC.
Is USA Shield's encryption strong?
Yes. USA Shield uses the 168 bit key Triple DES, is a strong, well know, U.S. Government algorithm, the 256 bit key AES
algorithm, is a new encryption stsndard of U.S. Government and the 448 bit key Blowfish encryption algorithm. Blowfish
is a symmetric block cipher that was designed in 1993 by the renowned cryptographer Bruce Schneier. Since then it has
been analyzed considerably, and has gained acceptance as a strong encryption algorithm. At its maximum key length, Blowfish
is so strong that the United States Federal government restricts its export.
I can't remember my password. Is there any way to get it back?
Absolutely not. There is no way of recovering your information without the correct password. Please try this on a
test file don't try to encrypt important files the first time you do this. Please don't try to encrypt any files
that are important to your operating system or other software!
If I pay you, could you decrypt information without the password?
While we love getting money from strangers, there is nothing we can do to help you. But feel free to send the money anyway.
What is file shredding?
When a file is deleted, it is not really gone from your system. Hackers can still easily recover the original data. USA Shield,
however, shreds a deleted file by thoroughly wiping its binary data from the hard disk at the sector level, so it cannot be
recovered. USA Shield exceeds the U.S. Department of Defense mandated standards for secure file removal necessary to prevent
unauthorized disclosure of classified information.
Can I encrypt the e-mail?
You can produces a self-decrypting parcel which contains the data you want to protect, then send the resulting .
How do I know when the trial period will
expire?
The number of days used appears in the About dialog box. (Right-click the USA SHIELD system tray icon and choose About from the popup
menu).
What is the difference between the Evaluation and Registered
versions?
There are just two differences. After 30 days use you will no longer be allowed to encrypt and decrypt information.
And, the evaluation version is limited to passwords up to 5 characters in length. The registered version allows
you to reach the Professional, Industrial, and Military levels of security by using pass phrases of up to unlimited
characters.
Can I order USA Shield without a credit card?
Yes, you can. Besides credit cards, we accept checks, wire transfers (bank transfers), debit cards, cash, and money orders. For
more information, please go visit the RegSoft.
Can I order USA Shield off-line?
Yes, you can also order by telephone, fax, and postal mail. For more information, please go visit the
RegSoft.
Can I use USA Shield on more than one computer?
You can install and use the trial version on as many computers as you wish. However, once the 30-day trial period expires,
you must purchase a license for each computer on which you wish to continue using USA Shield to encrypt or shred
information.
Where can I ask questions that are not answered here?
Please, feel free to email us
and ask your questions! Our staff is available to respond to your
inquiries 7 days a week. Messages are normally answered within several
hours.
May I make a copy for a friend?
Yes, you may give evaluation copies of our programs to your friends and associates (It's shareware, after all!).
However, you may NOT share the registration code(s), if any, with anybody else. Please remember that the registration codes
we provide you with are for your own use only. If your friends like our programs, please let them purchase their own registration
codes. To avoid possible confusion, please give out the original .exe files you may download from this site.
What is Netwar?
Netwar refers to information-related conflict at a grand level between nations or societies. It means trying to disrupt
or damage what a target population knows or thinks it knows about itself and the world around it. A netwar may focus on
public or elite opinion, or both. It may involve diplomacy, propaganda and psychological campaigns, political and
cultural subversion, deception of or interference with local media, infiltration of computer networks and databases,
and efforts to promote dissident or opposition movements across computer networks. Netwars will take various forms.
Some may occur between the governments of rival nation-states. Other kinds of netwar may arise between governments and
nonstate actors. For example, netwar may be waged by governments against illicit groups involved in terrorism, proliferation
of weapons of mass destruction or drug smuggling. Or it may be waged against the policies of specific governments by advocacy
groups--involving, for example, environmental, human-rights or religious issues. The nonstate actors may or may not be associated
with nations, and in some cases they may be organized into vast transnational coalitions.
What is Cyberwar?
Cyberwar refers to conducting military operations according to information-related principles. It means disrupting or destroying
information and communications systems. It means trying to know everything about an adversary while keeping the adversary from
knowing much about oneself. It means turning the "balance of information and knowledge" in one's favor, especially if
the balance of forces is not. It means using knowledge so that less capital and labor may have to be expended. This form of
warfare may involve diverse technologies, notably for command and control, for intelligence collection, processing and distribution,
for tactical communications, positioning, identifying friend-or-foe, and for"smart" weapons systems, to give but a few
examples. It may also involve electronically blinding, jamming, deceiving, overloading and intruding into an adversary's information
and communications circuits.
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