Re: How secure PKZIP scramble?

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From: PaT
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 00:00

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On 2 Sep 1995, Astronomy Ireland wrote:

> What's the best newsgroup for this query?
> 
> How secure is PKZIP's scramble option?
> Is it easy to crack or one of those 'advanced' techniques?
> 
> I never saved the documentation, where can I find a full PKZIP package? 
> 

If you want security then use none other than PGP. Zip the file you want 
Zip'ed as usuall then encrypt it using the persons public key. All they 
then have to do is unencrypt it using there passcode and then just 
normally unzip the file. You can also easily turn the encrypted file into 
a format suitable for emailing by using the -at option when you encrypt 
the file. 

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Date: 1995/09/10
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