Re: SEEK: freeware to decrypt password-protected Winzip files

de Luc The Perverse 06/24/2006 08:00

"Nomen Nescio" <nobody@dizum.com> wrote in message
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> "Luc The Perverse" <sll_noSpamlicious_z_XXX_m@cc.usu.edu> wrote:
>
>> My old work would recurse embedded zip files and find EXE files and
>> delete
>> them. Security through data destruction as the old adage goes - if you
>> destroy all computers in the world there would be no viruses!
>>
>> We found that password encrypting the outside zip file, while leaving the
>> inside zip file alone allowed the file to pass by (which made sense, they
>> couldn't decrypt it)
>>
>
> how about something like this:
>
> you want to move file.zip with .exe files in it and your mail provider
> dont like it.
>
> pgp -ea file.zip
>
> It'll ask for a passphrase and produce 'file.zip.pgp'
> rename it to 'file.jpg' and email it.
> then on the other end, save the 'file.jpg'
> rename it to 'file.zip.pgp'
>
> pgp -decrypt file.zip.pgp
>
> it asks for the passphrase
> and you have the original file back
>
> sounds like a lot, not hard to write a batch file to handle most of it
> and this would work even with pgp262 which would fit on a floppy.
>
> will also work with gpg (command line differs some) and real easy with
> full gui modern pgp
>
>

That would work - but it really isn't an issue anymore.

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