softuarium edcrypt is an activex control performing following functions: - encrypts and decrypts text and files using symmetrical ciphers: blowfish, cast128, gost, rc2, rijndael, twofish - computes hashes (message digests) of text and files using hashing algorithms: adler32, crc32, crc32b, gost, haval128, haval160, haval192, haval224, haval256, md2, md4, md5, ripemd128, ripemd160, sha1, sha256, sha384, sha512 - securely shreds files help files and example projects in several languages are included in the package. edcrypt is a stand-alone component. it does not require any other files to work. the control can be distributed royalty-free in an unlimited number of commercial applications .