Areca 4.1.5 review

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Areca is an Open Source file backup software developped in Java. Here are some key features of "Areca": · Archives Compression (Z

License: GPL (GNU General Public License)
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Developer: Olivier PETRUCCI
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Areca is an Open Source file backup software developped in Java.

Here are some key features of "Areca":
Archives Compression (Zip format)
Archives Encryption (Triple DES encryption algorithm)
Source file filters (by extension, subdirectory or regular expression)
Incremental / Full backup support
Archives content explorer
Archive description : A manifest is associated to each archive, which contains various informations such as author, title, date, description, and some technical data.
File history explorer : Areca keeps track of your file's history (creation / modifications / deletion) over your archives.
Backup simulation : useful to check wether a backup is necessary
Archives merges / deletion : You can merge contiguous archives in one single archive or safely delete your latest archives.
As of date recovery : Areca allows you to recover your archives (or single files) as of a specific date.
Transaction mechanism : All critical processes (such as backups or merges) support a transaction mechanism (with commit / rollback management) which guarantees your backups' integrity.
User's actions history : Areca keeps an history of all user's actions (archives deletion, merges, backups, recoveries).
Archive's indicators : Areca computes a lot of indicators for you, which will help you in the everyday management of your archives.

Requirements:
Java 1.5

What's New in This Release:
This version includes a stronger encryption module (the key is now generated from a passphrase of arbitrary length using MD5/SHA hash functions) and some bugfixes.
Note that if you have encrypted archives, it is strongly advised (but not mandatory) to rebuid them with this new version.

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