historian
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Thu Apr-22-04 03:22 AM
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I want to lock a file wiht a password and cant find a way of doing it. Itve tried through properties and attributes etc...still nothing. Some comfort would be happily received
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Thu Apr-22-04 03:27 AM
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Thu Apr-22-04 03:29 AM
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It has the ability to password protect any file you want, and chances are that you already have it.
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Thu Apr-22-04 06:44 AM
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.... that the password protection in WinZip is trivial. It will keep your kids from opening the archive but not someone who knows what they are doing.
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Thu Apr-22-04 11:02 AM
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10. Sure, you can download crackers, but in order to run through |
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the entire character set, you'll need quite the machine.
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Thu Apr-22-04 11:20 AM
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11. I have it on good authority.... |
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... that cracking a zip password is easy, and does not require a brute-force method. The encryption used to save the password in the file is trivial.
I have no personal experience in this area, but this is what I have read from credible sources.
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Thu Apr-22-04 06:06 AM
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3. Depends on your OS and version |
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Thu Apr-22-04 06:16 AM
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4. Really strong encryption: Pretty good privacy (PGP) |
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Thu Apr-22-04 10:53 AM
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7. I second that recommendation and add |
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Windows Privacy Tools (WinPT). http://www.winpt.orgWinPT is a Windows frontend to gnupg.
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Thu Apr-22-04 10:57 AM
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8. Thanks. That front-end was unknown to me. nt |
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Thu Apr-22-04 07:31 AM
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6. What operating system does your computer have? |
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Thu Apr-22-04 10:59 AM
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9. this should be in the lounge |
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