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Password Protecting files
- From: zzapper <david at tvis dot co dot uk>
- To: cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 10:09:05 +0000 (UTC)
- Subject: Password Protecting files
- Reply-to: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
Hi,
I would like to password protect a few of my files, and realise I know very
little about security.
>From man zip I learn
Encrypt the contents of the zip archive using a password which
is entered on the terminal in response to a prompt (this will
not be echoed; if standard error is not a tty, zip will exit
with an error). The password prompt is repeated to save the
user from typing errors. Note that this encrypts with standard
pkzip encryption which is considered weak.
I am not trying to protect state secrets so is pkzip encryption adequate?
What other choices do I have?
--
zzapper
http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/vimtips.html