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Decrypting AES-encrypted zip files
7-Zip, available here with a GNU LGPL license, is capable of encrypting and decrypting with AES while compressing and decompressing files.
Some examples of command lines:
- to decrypt all docs while decompressing a zip file:
$ 7z e Zipfilename *.doc -r
- to create an encrypted zip file (or to add to an existing one):
$ 7z a Zipfilename -ppassword file.tozip
- to extract an encrypted zip file:
$ 7z x Zipfilename -ppassword
Happy 7z use!
Once you install 7z in a Linux box (e.g. with the command line $ sudo apt-get install p7zip-full), the entire documentation on how to use the tool can be found locally in the path
/usr/share/doc/p7zip-full/DOCS/MANUAL/index.htm .
Some examples of command lines:
- to decrypt all docs while decompressing a zip file:
$ 7z e Zipfilename *.doc -r
- to create an encrypted zip file (or to add to an existing one):
$ 7z a Zipfilename -ppassword file.tozip
- to extract an encrypted zip file:
$ 7z x Zipfilename -ppassword
Happy 7z use!
Security Bloggers Network
Dear readers,
This blog is now reachable from the security bloggers network. If you go to their site, the link appears on the right hand side, in the list of contributors.
Thanks to Alan Shimel, Chief Executive Officer of The CISO Group.
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