MikroLock documentation

MikroLock screenshots

After the program starts it asks for your mail adress and passphrase. Using this information a pair of private and public key is generated using the selected key derivation function (scrypt or Argon2).
Important: To calculate a specific Lock-ID you need to enter the same combination of mail address, password and function.
You do not need to enter a valid mail address unless you want to use the miniLock Chrome extension.
To achieve a secure encryption, a passphrase less than 40 characters needs to consist of several random words.

mlock GUI

The mail icon shows whether the mail adress is valid:

	the mail address appears to be valid
	the mail address appears to be invalid

The signal icon gives you following information::

	the passphrase is too short (minimum length: 20 characters)
	the passphrase needs to consist of at least five words. It might be refused by the original MiniLock-Plugin for Chrome
	the passphrase offers sufficient security

After clicking "Generate my miniLock ID" your ID will be shown at the window bottom. You are able to copy it nearby.

Now the input/output dialog is displayed:
mlock GUI

Here you choose the destination directory and the file to encrypt or decrypt. If the program was called with a file as argument, its path is shown in the statusbar.
You may also drag and drop a file onto the window.

If a minilock file was selected, it will be automatically decrypted:
mlock GUI

Any other file will be encrypted in the next screen:

Using the upper list you define the miniLock IDs of your file recipients.
Press "Read list file" to import a text file which contains one miniLock ID per line. The recipient's names may be entered behind their IDs as follows:

y5qBLmncv36r98tFMw5YVoc9SHkfLDg8Wz7zf9yrPYPh2 / Andre Simon
8SmHNEEZiK1RgWoN9xryJb8opBky9Kh7txhmgb1RLrUrW ; Customer XYZ
sVXHR7smwqXkSbphn8gdH3Ah6a1nvbYtuXPpxG6qKT321 - Schmidt
ULgpTbP7isNNV6kgDbNVtQo5YRuUhc4N5AAEEbne9bjJi | Jane

The information behind the separators will be displayed as tooltips.

The button "Clear recipients" will delete the ID entries.
The option "Omit my ID" removes your own miniLock-ID from the recipients, preventing you from opening the encrypted file.
Applying "Generate a random output filename" will save the encrypted file using a randomized name.

After clicking "Encrypt the file" the minilock file will be stored in the previously defined destination directory.