Trinu, who keeps sensitive data inside AES-encrypted .zip archives, asked the Answer Line forum about the advantages and disadvantages of switching to TrueCrypt. Regular readers know that I’m a big ...

PentaSuite and PentaZip Now Compatible with PKZip, Secure Zip, and WinZip PORTSMOUTH, NH — (July 15, 2004) – PentaWare, Inc., has announced today that PentaZip and PentaSuite now support strong ...

You can use TrueCrypt or special apps to encrypt your sensitive data stored on Dropbox, but for greater accessibility and reduced bandwidth consumption, another ...

While Windows doesn't give you the ability to create encrypted ZIP files, software like 7Zip does. If you choose the standard ZIP encryption (weak encryption) when making the ZIP file, then Windows ...

New in version ’08 Release 2 are: * Upgrade to Xar version 1.5.2. * Crypted zip files now uses AES-256. * Improved AppleScript dictionary to let automate also Email and Archive actions. * Added ...

Reflect for a moment on the fact that the “S” in SMTP stands for “simple,” not “secure.” The e-mail protocol was originally developed for a small number of collegial scientists sending messages about ...

Zip encryption is vulnerable to known-plaintext attacks. Implementation quality also is an issue; WinZip's is particularly bad. No source, I'm afraid.

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There are numerous commands for encrypting files on Linux. When you want to limit access to file contents, you can use file permissions but file encryption makes limiting access much more effective.