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Re: Any way to recover encrypted .zip?

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From: Ron Dippold
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1991 18:14
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In article <44102@netnews.upenn.edu> mfontana@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Mark A Fontana) writes:
>
>Well, I'm stupid.  I encrypted some personal files in a .ZIP before leaving
>on a trip.  Two weeks later, I've forgotten the key (thought I would
>remember it- Murphy's Law).
>
>So, is there any little utility or trick to recover the archive, or
>should I keep guessing?  I am using Pkzip 1.1 with the USA encryption.

The best place for this is comp.compression.

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