From: neoscandal@gmail.com   
      
   Technomage Hawke  wrote in   
   news:nHADf.6193$2o5.1988@dukeread11:   
      
   >  Neo wrote:   
   >   
   >>> ZIP is old news. it used rc-4 encryption (which is easily breakable   
   >>> by todays standards). face it, you are behind the times here.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> From info i have   
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   >> Standard zip uses a proprietry enc. scheme....very easily breakable   
   >>   
   >> "Winrar" used to use rc4.   
   >> From ver 3.00 or so onwards it shifted to AES.   
   >>   
   >> RC4 bruting was fast... so you could take a shot.   
   >>   
   >> AES bruter could do say 8000 words a sec. on a decent P4. A   
   >> dictionary with a million words would take 125 second.. two mins.   
   >>   
   >> Say you try 10 dictionaries with 3 million words each..   
   >> 10 * 3 * 2 mins = 60 mins.   
   >>   
   >> hmm.. you know it could be faster now.. since all this comes from   
   >> behind the times :)   
   > one additional point, if such a brute forcer does exist, I'm sure it   
   > has to confirm wether or not it cracked the archive, correct? that   
   > takes loads of time.   
   >   
   > where do you get the figure 8000 words per second anyway?   
   >   
   >   
      
   Do a google groups search for gods sake.   
      
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