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.

Founded in 1999, the company began with Locked-Area.com, which has been leading in the free/low-cost membership, user management, and password protection software in the internet sector for many years. In 2005, OpenCrypt.com was founded at the request of Locked Area users to provide an advanced tool for the complete management of the more commercial members-only sites, allowing Locked-Area.com to return to it's roots as a free/low-cost source of security related web software.

OpenCrypt is now one of the leading tools for commercial website management, with full support for e-commerce solutions, statistical website analysis, payment processors, affiliate systems and integration with other popular website tools.

With over 60,000 customers between the two main products, both Opencrypt.com and Locked-Area.com are very successful and highly valued parts of the ionix Limited portfolio.

ionix Limited operates from UK based offices with software developers and support personnel located internationally.