BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Archive encrypted zip

2008-04-15 10:33:25
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Archive encrypted zip
From: "Nils Breunese (Lemonbit)" <nils AT lemonbit DOT nl>
To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:32:35 +0200
Alexandre Joly wrote:

> Well, I can see WinZip 11 has support for 128- and 256-bit AES
> encryption. PKZIP, on the other hand, is weak and can be cracked  
> within
> minutes.
>
> My initial question was, anyone ever modified BackupPC in order to
> archive in ZIP format instead of bz2 or gzip?

I don't know, but AFAIK Zip files don't store things like permissions  
and ownership, so I wouldn't use Zip for archiving purposes.

Nils Breunese.

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