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Re: Encrypting ZIP disks
Paul Kocher announced that he has cracked it, and can recover data
quickly. He is not publishing details of the break.
Adam
Jeremiah A Blatz wrote:
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| "David E. Smith" <[email protected]> writes:
| > 7. Secure sensitive files.
| > To keep sensitive or confidential information safe, store it
| > on a Zip disk and use your Zip Tools software to assign a
| > password that must be used in order to read from or write to
| > the disk. At work, you can protect sensitive information
| > such as personnel files, company directories, and product
| > plans and designs. At home, you can secure personal
| > information such as tax records, budgets, and computerized
| > checkbooks.
|
| FWIW (not much), Iomega claims that it can't recover the data on a
| password-protected disk. However, they do export those things, so I
| doubt it's strong.
|
| Jer
|
| "standing on top of the world/ never knew how you never could/ never knew
| why you never could live/ innocent life that everyone did" -Wormhole
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