Re: winzip's password vs. encryption

From: Joe Rodriguez (joe.rodriguez@sajomatek.com)
Date: 02/03/02 

From: "Joe Rodriguez" <joe.rodriguez@sajomatek.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 02:49:04 GMT

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As mentioned by others already, use an encryption tool like PGP if
you want to secure it.

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Joe Rodriguez
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"PCportinc" <pcportinc@aol.combatSPAM> wrote in message
news:20020201114113.26104.00000455@mb-cj.aol.com...
> Hi all,
> I would like to know if winzip's password protection
> feature is secure and not easily breakable. I am interested in
> e-mailing and uploading files to a shared board which I only want
> specific people to view. However, the problem I have encountered
> with encryption is that the receiving party must have the same
> software to decrypt, or the file has to be an .exe.
> It seems winzip's password protection is not only useful to e-mail
> files, but to protect them on your own HD, nothing else needed.
>
>

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