AFFLIB 3.2 Released with full support for public key cryptography

[Simson]

We are happy to announce the release of AFFLIB 3.2, the first support
of AFFLIB with full support for public key cryptography.

AFFLIB now supports the following features:
• Images in AFF or AFD format can be digitally signed.
• Raw files and split/raw files can be digitally signed using the AFM
format.
• Images in the AFF or AFD format can be encrypted with a passphrase.
• Images in the AFF or AFD format can be encrypted with a public key;
once encrypted, the image can only be accessed by someone with the
corresponding private key.

Encryption keys and passphrases can be specified either in filenames
or in environment variables, allowing for transparent operating with
existing AFF-compliant programs such as SleuthKit. Encryption is
fully operable in the affuse program, allowing an encrypted AFF image
to be mounted as an unencrypted, raw image in a Linux file system.
This can be used in conjunction with VMWare player and Windows XP,
allowing programs such as EnCase and FTK to access AFF-encrypted
images.

The draft of a journal article that describes AFF encryption appears
at http://www.afflib.org/affcrypto.pdf.