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- From: fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox)
- Subject: Re: pkz204c.exe is out, finally ...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.052513.2939@netcom.com>
- Organization: Foxes 'R' Us - Seven locations to serve you
- References: <1993Jan6.042010.18966@sfu.ca> <1993Jan6.053553.9663@vela.acs.oakland.edu> <1igcgbINNiil@crcnis1.unl.edu>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 05:25:13 GMT
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- vporguen@unlinfo.unl.edu (victor porguen) writes:
-
- >Well, whatever the legalities, this great piece of junk called PKZIP
- >2.04c has had its "superior" encryption technology already broken
- >(by Paul Kocher, who posted his results on sci.crypt just yesterday).
- >He says he did it in half an hour.
-
- No, what Paul did was to break the Authenticity Verification, NOT the
- encryption. It has already been well-known that PKWare's AV codes are
- very weak. The encryption has not been "broken" to date, but only shown
- to be susceptible to brute force attacks.
-
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