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Zip encryption, individual files or the whole directory/file tree of the zip archive
As an example fuse-zip shows a directory list, when executed on an encrypted zip archive. The individual files then cannot be read or written to. But the directory tree and the individual file names ...
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Can Archive Manager distinguish between wrong password and corrupted file?
I have two old encrypted RAR files. I know their passwords, but something interesting happens:
When I try to open each file in File Roller (Ubuntu's default archive manager) and enter the wrong ...
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Archive a directory to stdout with encrypting file names from Windows command line
I have a 1 TB directory that needs to be uploaded as a single encrypted file. There is no free space on a disk. I already have an app to upload a file from stdin but I don't know how to create the ...
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Decrypting tar archives with gpg -d, the -d flag does not work
My OS is Ubuntu 20.04.2 lts.
I am creating a tar archive from the dir noup1, that contains files and subfolders, with tar cf no1.tar noup1
Encrypt it with gpg -c no1.tar. So now I have a no1.tar.gpg ...
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Is it safe to use 7-Zip from a data corruption standpoint to archive 500GB of videos?
Would it be okay to use 7-Zip to archive my almost 500GB videos in compression level store format only to my portable external hard drive. I just want to put it in one file with password for my future ...
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Disable extract from archive
I want to compress a file with encryption; but would also like to prevent extraction/saving of the file from archive. In other words, user can only print the file.
This is for added security. ...
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Possible to make a switchless install from a password protected archive?
I am using 7-zip to make a switchless install (method for doing so here and here). I would like to use a password protected archive to make said install to help prevent the average user from simply ...
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How can I updated an encrypted 7zip archive without losing encryption?
I created a 7zip archive with AES encryption. I included the option to encrypt the filenames. When I updated the file however I am no longer prompted for a password to open the file and can view the ...
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How to set password on already existing winrar archive and encrypt it also?
Not when creating new archive, but on existing archive. I would also like to know how to do that in other archiver.
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How secure are password-protected zip files?
In modern zip utilities like 7zip, you can specify a password when creating a .ZIP file. But, how secure is this? What encryption algorithm(s) are used to secure password-protected zip files?
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How can I remove the password protection from a RAR archive? [duplicate]
I have a directory in which there are lots of password protected .RAR files/archives. The passwords of these individual archives are known.
I want to remove the password protection from all of them ...
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Are password protected files immune or vulnerable to virus?
Are password protected files immune or vulnerable to virus?
I constantly password protect my files using winrar. And I noticed that it raises an alarm whenever I will scan it using my antivirus ...
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Best Secure Encryption for Zip Files via Linux
I want to use highly secure encryption for zipped files via Linux/Ubuntu using a command line terminal, what is the best command line tool to get this job done?
zip -e -P PASSWORD file1 file2 file3 ...
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