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Re: Winzip and Due Diligence

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Subject: Re: Winzip and Due Diligence
From: "Shreyas Zare" <shreyas@technitium.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:11:09 +0530
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Hi,

True. But for complex passwords you would need a super computer and few
years of time !

Regards,

On 3/9/07, Matthew Webster <awakenings@mindspring.com> wrote:
Folks,

   I was poking around on Google and noticed there are some tools for cracking 
WinZip passwords.  Does anyone know whether or not these tools also work on 
AES-256 encryption.  My question is academic from a due diligence standpoint.  
Technically WinZip is FIPS compliant, but if it can be cracked easily, is this 
something we should really be recommending?

Thanks,

Matt



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