Thread: Security type in zip archives ?

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    Question Security type in zip archives ?

    Hi,

    Does anyone know how passwords in zip archives (winzip, 7-zip, winrar etc.) are protected ? (e.g. what kind of encription if any - symmetric/asymmetric/hash etc. are used?)

    I've searching the net for an hour now without much success

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    7-zip is open source.
    Maybe reading the code would help?
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