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Old 12-31-2007, 09:22 AM
Sebastian G.
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Default Re: Winzip's 256bit-AES encryption & self-extracting files

VanguardLH wrote:


> Unless the NSA has you targeted, it is near impossible for any normal
> user, even a hacker, to get at the contents of your encrypted .zip
> file.



WTF? It's a triviality.

> For NSA, you'll probably expire when they crack it.



Within milliseconds?

> I'm sure there is a site somewhere that gives estimates of how long to crack
> every possible combination for the different seeds and their lengths



Who cares? You get the right combination on the first hit.

> A lot has to do with how strong you make the password used for the
> seed in the encryption.



Not in this case.

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