encrypt file names zip

Adam Funk a24061 at ducksburg.com
Sun Nov 21 16:04:23 UTC 2010


On 2010-11-21, Mark wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Mark <mhullrich at gmail.com> wrote:

[fcrackzip package info]

>> 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?

AIUI, it's just a configurable brute-force tool, so good passwords (or
-phrases) are better.  But ISTR there are some issues with zip's
security that make foo.zip much less secure than foo.zip.gpg even with
the same symmetric password.


> Also, I ran configure and then make, and the make errored out immediately....

If you're using Ubuntu, why not just install the package?





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