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alexmullins / zip

Fork of Go's archive/zip to add reading/writing of password protected zip files.
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Windows' default tool cannot open a zip file with a password. #17

Closed superDCF closed 1 year ago

superDCF commented 1 year ago

Windows' default tool cannot open a zip file with a password, because of encryption method use AES. If you use StandardEncryption(Standard Zip 2.0 encryption), but it is ok.

The only advantage of Zip 2.0 encryption over the more secure AES encryption is that it is supported by most Zip file utilities, including earlier versions of WinZip.

You should not rely on Zip 2.0 encryption to provide strong security for your data. If you have important security requirements for your data, you should instead consider using WinZip's AES encryption, described above.