encrypt file names zip

Mark mhullrich at gmail.com
Sun Nov 21 09:16:07 UTC 2010


On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Adam Funk <a24061 at ducksburg.com> wrote:
>
> Not the answer you're looking for, but something to bear in mind:
>
> Package: fcrackzip
> State: not installed
> Version: 1.0-1
> Priority: optional
> Section: universe/utils
> Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Uncompressed Size: 123k
> Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7)
> Suggests: unzip, wordlist
> Description: password cracker for zip archives
>  fcrackzip is a fast password cracker partly written in assembler. It is able to
>  crack password protected zip files with brute force or dictionary based
>  attacks, optionally testing with unzip its results. It can also crack cpmask'ed
>  images.
> Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/projects/fcrackzip
>
If I read this correctly, choosing a good password (i.e., a long,
multi-word pass phrase) will defeat this password cracker, or am I way
off base?




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