PKZIP Authentication scheme

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From: Crash Gordon
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 1991 02:55

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>Author: [Steven V. Christensen]
>	I receive .ZIP files which have an authentication scheme, and
>when they are unzipped, the give a verification number and usually a
>company or individual name.

This is a feature of the registered version of PKZIP.  It's documented
somewhere in the depths of the PKZ110 docs...

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Gordon S. Hlavenka            cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us
Disclaimer:                Yeah, I said it.  So what?

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From: cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us (Crash Gordon)
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Subject: PKZIP Authentication scheme
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Date: 1 Jan 91 02:55:01 GMT
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