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Re: Re: Encrypting Largish Files

by guillaume (Pilgrim)
on Sep 23, 2001 at 22:30 UTC ( [id://114193]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Encrypting Largish Files
in thread Encrypting Largish Files

In fact zipfile encryption is weak, the cipher is vulnerable to a known plaintext attack, if you already know a part of what is encrypted you can easily break the encryption.

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Guillaume

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