OpenCrypt.com, Locked-Area.com and DirectoryPass.com are partnered sites which are owned by, ionix Ltd. This is a company which evolved from various businesses belonging to, Neil Skirrow including Locked-Area.com which joined together for a variety of reasons both legal and business/service related.

Started in 1999, Locked-Area.com has been leading in the membership management and password protection software for the Internet market for many years, as part of Locked-Area.com's development, OpenCrypt.com was formed in 2005 for the commercial side of software development allowing Locked-Area.com to return to its roots as a free source for security related web software. Opened to the public mid-2006, OpenCrypt.com is now aiming for the top as the leading membership/subscription management and security solution for web sites.

With over 55,000 customers between the two, both OpenCrypt.com and Locked-Area.com are incredibly successful and are valued pieces of the ionix Limited group of web sites.

Based in, The Lindos Centre (picture on right), ionix Limited operates from UK based offices with software developers and support personnel located internationally.