From: technomage-hawke@127.0.0.1   
      
    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   
   > ----------------   
   > 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?   
      
      
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