PINs v.4.50.0.86

Copyright (c) 1998, 2003 Mirek Wjtowicz, Lublin, Poland
Licence: GNU General Public License (GPL)
PINs is OSI Certified Open Source Software.

PINs is free for both commercial and non-commercial use. You are
free to put this program on a CD-ROM, but if you do so please
send me a notification (and a copy of the CD, if possible.) And
of course spread this program complete with all files.

Go to http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/pins.html to verify MD5
checksum of your version of PINs.


Contents
========
 - General description
 - Selected PINs features
 - Installation and updating
 - Source code and Beta versions
 - Standard Disclaimer
 - Contacting the author


General description
===================

PINs is a free feature-rich Windows program for safe and
comfortable storing of any secure information like passwords,
accounts, PINs etc. PINs uses a secure 448 bit Blowfish
algorithm to ensure the data are not crackable. The password
used for securing access to stored data is not saved anywhere.
PINs is equipped in a number of security functions like files
wiping.

PINs runs under any 32-bit Windows. It does not require
installation and does not need any special dlls, drivers or
system files which can mess up your system. This means that PINs
can run directly from floppy - including data files - without
installing anything. This is extremely useful if you wish to
easily access your data on other computers as well.

DON'T FORGET YOUR PINs PASSWORD! I won't be able to recover it
for you (nobody will...)


Selected PINs features
======================

- Secure 448 bit Blowfish encoding.
- Unlimited number of entries and data files.
- A clear tree-like data organization.
- A powerful random passwords generator.
- Safe files wiping using Gutmann, DoD and custom methods.
- Many security features, like database locking on inactivity or minimize.
- Embedded hyperlinks launching.
- Unlimited in size, multi-line descriptions.
- Flexible data import/export in text format.
- Compatibility with popular clipboard extenders.
- Multiple user accounts on a single PC.
- Accounts sorting using any column as a sort criteria.
- Comfortable accounts adding, editing, and deleting.
- Passwords masking.
- Copy logins and passwords to the Windows clipboard.
- Find/find next functions.
- Running from a floppy without saving settings to registry.
- Multilingual versions.
- Full source code available.
- And more.


Installation and updating
=========================

Setup version (PINs450.exe)
- Execute the setup file, select your preferred installation
  language and follow on-screen instructions.

ZIPped version (PINs450.zip)
- Create a folder for the program and unzip the package into
  it. The program is ready for use!

To update your existing version just install the program
into the same folder.


Source code and Beta versions
=============================

PINs is a freeware released under GNU General Public License (GPL).
PINs is programmed in Delphi 5. Full source code and Beta versions
are available from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PINs_news/

All developers, betatesters and regular users who are willing to help
are welcome!

This software is OSI Certified Open Source Software.
OSI Certified is a certification mark of the Open Source Initiative.


Standard Disclaimer
===================

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation;

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA


Contacting the author
=====================

e-mail:
  info@mirekw.com
  mirwoj@life.pl

WWW:
  http://www.mirekw.com
  http://www.mirwoj.opus.chelm.pl/


I appreciate and welcome any comments, enhancement requests,
improvement suggestions and bug reports that you may have.
