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The Longaccess App for Windows

This is an app for interacting with the Longaccess service. It is is a graphical application, written for the .NET framework. It also contains [a CLI backend][cli] which is written in Python. Using the app requires having registered for an account on the service. If you are unfamiliar with other aspects of the Longaccess service a good place to start is "What is Longaccess?"

Installation

Currently the binaries are built using Visual Studio 2013 on 64-bit Windows 8 Pro. Other platforms may work as well. For access to precompiled packages and installers check the Longaccess downloads page.

Dependencies

The app requires .NET framework 4.0 Full to work. The installer will prompt the user to download the required version, if the installed version is older. If for any reason this fails, the user has to install it manually after downloading the .NET 4 Web Installer.

Secure removal

When removing archives and certificates from the disk the app supports secure deletion through an external program. In case a suitable removal program cannot be found the client will fallback on insecure deletion. Currently on windows we support support the following tools, if they are available on the system path: