On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 04:12:19PM +1100, Zhasper wrote:

> /me racks brains... From memory, the PKZIP program used a fairly simple 
> LFSR-based encrpyption, which is fairly easy to crack, but I don't know 
> details off hand..

That might have been the case for the version one revisions, but when they
got to version two the encryption method changed. To get into them now
requires brute force. 

I have to wonder at which search engine the original person
was using. Typing "zip crack program" into Google give 37,100
hits, as well as a Password Recovery directory group.

S/he *did* check the search engines first, didn't s/he?

Cheers

Paul Haddon
Technical Services Manager
Formstar Print Technologies
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