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Re: password protection of a file



Ron Johnson wrote:
> Or, less securely, but more simply:
>   zip -e -0 infil outfile
Less securely is probably the understatement of the year. fcrackzip has never
taken more than 1 sec on my desktop (Athlon XP 2800+) to find a password that
works to unencrypt a zip file.


-- 
-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.1
GAT/CM$/CS>$/CC/IT$/M/S/O/U dpu s+:++ !a C++$>C+++$
UB+++>++++$L++++$*-- P+>++$ L+++(++++)$ E-(---) W+++>$ N(+) o? K-
w--(---) O? M V? PS++@ PE-@ Y+@ PGP++(+++)>$ t? 5? X? R tv--(-)
b++(+++)@ DI? D? G e->++++ h* r? z*
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

David Mandelberg
mandelbergd@eth0.is-a-geek.org

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