[softwarelist] Re: SparkFS question

  • From: "Gerald Chat" <gerald.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 11:14:34 +0100

From: "Dave Symes" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 8, 2014 8:49 AM

> A question on behalf of my dear wife.
> Using SparkFS some time ago, I (Dave) created some DES encrypted archives
> for SWMBO.
> <snip>
> ... are there any archiving apps native to the Win PC that'll also
> open and de-crypt the archives?

I know that 7-Zip will encrypt and decrypt AES but I don't know whether it will 
decrypt the earlier DES. The DES was officially withdrawn about 9 or 10 years 
ago after AES was announced sometime around 2001.

Gerald
 

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