On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 14:00:32 -0400 Javier Gostling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 01:54:22PM -0400, Sean Estabrooks wrote: > > zip -e secrets.zip plain.txt > > > > which will ask you for a password and put plain.txt inside > > a password protected zip file. > > But note that the "encryption" used in ZIP files is extremely weak, and > there are tools out in the net which can crack those passwords very > quickly. > My email was really meant to suggest that perhaps an encrypted _directory_ is not the only option to consider, although such support is coming in the 2.6 kernel. For example, one could use RAR archives which are also supported by File Roller and have less vulnerable encryption. Cheers, Sean -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
