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I am looking to encrypt a set of fairly large files using well supported, ideally cross-platform software. I understand that 7zip uses 256 bit AES encryption.

Does anyone know if standard Linux builds of 7z can make use of AES-NI (ie CPU acceleration for AES)?

davidgo
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Old article, 2010: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/clarkdale-aes-ni-encryption,2538-9.html That's why we also tried 7-Zip 9.1, BitLocker (in Windows 7 Ultimate), and WinZip 14, all of which are listed by Intel as AES-NI-enabled and completely valid measures of the technology's applicability in software we all use on a fairly regular basis already.

Also mentioned there that it has not much performance benefit when also compressing.

Peterdk
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