Security Basics: Re: Winzip Encryption

["Brenno J.S.A.A.F. de Winter, WGASA" <brenno () dewinter com>]

Hi Wang,

Aren't this two things? One is the quality of the password (that the
cracker cracks) and the quality of the encryption. When people create a
bad password you're lost no matter how strong the encryption is, since
it is (part of) the key.

Cheers,

Brenno
acwang0048 () gmail com schreef:
> Hi,
>
> People told me that the latest version of winzip has AES encryption to protect files and should be much safer than 
> its eariler version like v8.
>
> However, when I tested it with password cracker products like “archpr”, I can easily get the password. So why it 
> claims using AES in the latest version when it is that easy to find a way to retrteive documents inside winzip!
>
> Well, anyone has any good suggestions for a safe way to send out compressed documents?
>
> Many Thanks,
> Wang
>   

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