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If i have been able to create a project like Speedcrypt, it is also thanks to all those who, in the field of cryptography and particularly in Open Source, have made their skills, developed code and provided support to create reliable and secure projects available to everyone. As already mentioned, Speedcrypt uses only Certified Open Source Components with a free license. A heartfelt thank you to these people for their contribution, suggestions, and more.

Below is a list, in order of implementation in the Speedcrypt Project, of the Libraries, Components, and Tools used, along with their respective authors. In addition, the licenses released for the use of the material produced by the authors themselves are reported.
Crypto Engines Acknowledgements
The cryptographic engines implemented in the Speedcrypt Project are used for encrypting files and the SALT string stored in archives. These algorithms are highly secure, performant, and offer a significant execution speed.

  Author
  Class/Library
 The Legion of the Bouncy Castle
 The Bouncy Castle Crypto Package is a c# Implementation of Cryptographic Algorithms. AES-GCM, PGP
Kenneth Skovhede
 c# implementation of the AES RIJNDAEL
 Scott Bennett, Kaarlo Räihä
 c# implementation of the ChaCha20
 Scott Brady
 c# Implementation of the XChaCha20-Poly1305 fantastic BouncyDancing Class!
Random Number Generator Acknowledgements
The Pseudorandom Number Generator available in the program are all of good quality in terms of security and stability. Some of them are well-known and widely used in the field of cryptography, such as Fortuna and the Mersenne Twister, which offer excellent performance.
  Author
  Class/Library
 The Legion of the Bouncy Castle
 c# Implementation of the Secure Random Class DEV-CRYPTO-CSHARP MAIL ARCHIVE
 David Mkheyan
 .NET Implementation of the Fortuna PRNG Algorithm in GitHub davemk99/FortunaPRNG
 Smithc
 .NET Implementation of the Fortuna PRNG Algorithm in GitHub Smithc/Fortuna
 Trevor Misfeldt
 c# Implementation of the Mersenne Twister Random Number Generator
For developers: the Random Number Generator called Fortuna in the Speedcrypt Project implements two different libraries, both very valid and performing. The version written by David Mkheyan is active but, if you want to use it, in the Source Code there are instructions to enable the one written by Smithc.
HASH Engines Acknowledgements
Speedcrypt offers users fourteen HASH Functions among the most renowned and used in the world of Cryptography. Some are dated but still efficient and performant, while others are new generation.
  Author
  Class/Library
 Daniel Dinu, Dmitry Khovratovich,      Jean-Philippe Aumasson, Samuel      Neves, Thomas Pornin
 C Implementation of the Argon2 Password Hashing Function adapted c#
 Dominik Reichl
 c# Implementation of the BLAKE Hash Algorithm 256 512 Bit Very Good Class!
 Colin Percival
 Password-based Key Derivation Function Scrypt
 James F. Bellinger
 Cryptsharp Library c# Implementation of the PBKDF2
 John Underhill
 c# Implementation of the Skein Password Hashing Function 256 512 1024 Bit
 Damien Miller, Derek Slager
 c# implementation of the BCrypt Key Derivation Function
 The Legion of the Bouncy Castle
 c# Implementation of the SHA 512, SHA 384, SHA 512 Classes
Icon Acknowledgements
The graphical user interface of the Speedcrypt Project uses a set of icons created by one of the most well-known Italian Graphic Designers in the world. These icons make the interface itself very pleasant, intuitive, and easy to use. The set of icons is truly remarkable, designed for an extremely elegant and pleasant graphic appearance.
  Author
  Set
 David Vignoni
Many thanks to David Vignoni for creating the beautiful and elegant Nuvola Icon Theme. Speedcrypt and its Website use the icons from this set. You can find the original images on the author's Website and the license here.
Tools Acknowledgements
The Speedcrypt Project includes numerous Tools that allow the program to perform specific procedures, some of which include Data Compression, Secure Deletion, Password Strength, and other very useful implementations for the proper functioning of the project.
  Author
  Tools
 Julian Seward
 BZip2 Compression Algorithm
AlphaDelta
Secure-Desktop: It inspired Protected Mode in Speedcrypt!
Guy Acosta
 Secure String Extension
 Jean-Loup Gailly, Mark Adler
 GZip Compression Algorithm
 Phillip Walter Katz
 Zip compression Algorithm
 Josip Habjan
 Rod Stephens
 Display Icons next to ListView sub-items in C#
 Jim Hollenhorst
 Shell Link Class
 Vincenzo Rossi
 PrintPreviewDialog. Very good Class!
 Dan Wheeler
 zxcvbn: Realistic Password Strength Estimation in GitHub
 Dominik Reich
 Quality Progress Bar. KeePass Project  
 Carlos Delgado
 Apurba Ranjan
 Serial Number Of Hard Drive C# Class
 Tharindu Patikirikorala
 Password Strength Control
 Jordan Russell
 Inno Setup. This tool is used to create the Speedcrypt Installation Program.
Hosting/Distribution Acknowledgements
Download Speedcrypt File Encryption
Many thanks to SourceForge for Hosting the Speedcrypt Downloads for Free!
Special Acknowledgements
A heartfelt thanks to Giancarlo Fiori (Fiori Studio) for the intense exchange of opinions on the data flow of the Speedcrypt Project, on the graphics, and on the data encryption tests. Thank you also for the time spent on Signal Chat for the valuable suggestions and discussions on possible improvements and adjustments to the project.

Thank you to Giambattista Attene (Giamba Studio) for the initial testing of the Speedcrypt Project.
Thank you to Manuel Martano for the initial testing of the Speedcrypt Project.
Thank you to Palmerio Nughedu for the final testing of the Speedcrypt Project.
Thank you to Stefano Scarpello for the guide made available to Italian beta testers.
Licenses of Librarys, Components, Tools
The Legion of Bouncy Castle
LICENSE
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ChaCha2 Implementation
LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2015, 2018 Scott Bennett
                         (c) 2018-2021 Kaarlo Räihä
            
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XChaCha20-Poly1305 Implementation
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scottbrady91/IdentityModel is licensed under the
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Fortuna Implementation
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Mersenne Twister Implementation
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           or init_by_array(init_key, key_length).
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Argon2 Implementation
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Argon2 reference source code package - reference C implementations
Copyright 2015
Daniel Dinu, Dmitry Khovratovich, Jean-Philippe Aumasson, and Samuel Neves
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Blake Implementation
LICENSE
BlakeSharp - Blake256 BlakeSharp - Blake512
Public domain implementation of the BLAKE hash algorithm
by Dominik Reichl <dominik.reichl@t-online.de>
Web:http://www.dominik-reichl.de/
If you're using this class, it would be nice if you'd mention
me somewhere in the documentation of your program, but it's
not required.
BLAKE was designed by Jean-Philippe Aumasson, Luca Henzen,
Willi Meier and Raphael C.-W. Phan.
BlakeSharp was derived from the reference C implementation.
Version 1.0 - 2011-11-20
- Initial release (implementing BLAKE v1.4).
Scrypt Implementation
LICENSE
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Implementation of the Scrypt a password-based key derivation function.
Scrypt was created by Colin Percival and is specified in
"http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-josefsson-scrypt-kdf-01".
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Cryptsharp library Implementation
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CryptSharp
Copyright (c) 2010, 2013 James F. Bellinger <http://www.zer7.com/software/cryptsharp>
Skein Implementation
LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2016 vtdev.com
This file is part of the CEX Cryptographic library.
Principal Algorithms:
The Skein Hash Function Family: "https://www.schneier.com/academic/skein/".
Implementation Details:
An implementation of the Skein digest.
Written by John Underhill, January 13, 2015
contact: develop@vtdev.com
BCrypt Implementation
LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2006 Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>
           Copyright (c) 2007 Derek Slager
BZip2 Implementation
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GZip Implementation
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File Secure Deletion Implementation
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Shell Link Implementation
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ShellLink - Using WSH to program shell links
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Quality Progress Bar Implementation
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KeePass Password Safe - The Open-Source Password Manager
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Secure String Extension
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