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diff --git a/README.CR b/README.CR new file mode 100644 index 0000000..79d4ca7 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.CR @@ -0,0 +1,115 @@ +_____________________________________________________________________________ + + This is Info-ZIP's README.CR for zcrypt29.zip, last updated 28 February 2005. +_____________________________________________________________________________ + + +The files described below contain the encryption/decryption code for Zip 2.31, +UnZip 5.52, and WiZ 5.02 (and later). These files are included in the main +source for all of these. This file both describes the history of this package +and notes the current conditions for use. Check the comments at the top +of crypt.c and crypt.h for additional information. + +As of version 2.9, this encryption source code is copyrighted by Info-ZIP; +see the enclosed LICENSE file for details. Older versions remain in the pub- +lic domain. Zcrypt was originally written in Europe and, as of April 2000, +can be freely distributed from the US as well as other countries. + +(The ability to export from the US is new and is due to a change in the Bureau +of Export Administration's regulations, as published in Volume 65, Number +10, of the Federal Register [14 January 2000]. Info-ZIP filed the required +notification via e-mail on 9 April 2000; see the USexport.msg file in this +archive. However, as of June 2002, it can now be freely distributed in both +source and object forms from any country, including the USA under License +Exception TSU of the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (section 740.13(e)) +of 6 June 2002.) + + LIKE ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS FREE, ZIP, UNZIP AND THEIR ASSOCIATED + UTILITIES ARE PROVIDED AS IS AND COME WITH NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, + EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. IN NO EVENT WILL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE + FOR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE. + +The encryption code is a direct transcription of the algorithm from +Roger Schlafly, described by Phil Katz in the file appnote.txt. This +file is distributed with the PKZIP program (even in the version without +encryption capabilities). Note that the encryption will probably resist +attacks by amateurs if the password is well chosen and long enough (at +least 8 characters) but it will probably not resist attacks by experts. +Paul Kocher has made available information concerning a known-plaintext +attack for the PKWARE encryption scheme; see http://www.cryptography.com/ +for details.) Short passwords consisting of lowercase letters only can be +recovered in a few hours on any workstation. But for casual cryptography +designed to keep your mother from reading your mail, it's OK. + +For more serious encryption, check into PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), a +public-key-based encryption system available from various Internet sites. +PGP has Zip and UnZip built into it. The most recent version at the time +this was written was 6.5, although older versions are still widespread. + +We are looking at adding AES strong encryption to future versions of Zip and +UnZip. + +Zip 2.3x and UnZip 5.5x are compatible with PKZIP 2.04g. (Thanks to Phil +Katz for accepting our suggested minor changes to the zipfile format.) + +IMPORTANT NOTE: + + Zip archives produced by Zip 2.0 or later must not be *updated* by + Zip 1.1 or PKZIP 1.10 or PKZIP 1.93a, if they contain encrypted members + or if they have been produced in a pipe or on a non-seekable device. + The old versions of Zip or PKZIP would destroy the zip structure. The + old versions can list the contents of the zipfile but cannot extract + it anyway (because of the new compression algorithm). If you do not + use encryption and compress regular disk files, you need not worry about + this problem. + + +Contents that were distributed and now are part of the main source files: + + file what it is + ---- ---------- + README.CR this file + LICENSE Info-ZIP license (terms of reuse and redistribution) + USexport.msg export notice sent to US Bureau of Export Administration + WHERE where Zip/UnZip/WiZ and related utilities can be found + crypt.c code for encryption and decryption + crypt.h code for encryption and decryption + file_id.diz description file for some BBSes + +Most all of the files are in Unix (LF only) format. On MSDOS systems, you +can use the -a option of UnZip to convert the source files to CRLF +format. This is only necessary if you wish to edit the files -- they +will compile as is with Microsoft C and Turbo/Borland C++ 1.0 or +later. However, you will have to convert the files (using "unzip -a") +to the CRLF format to compile with the older Turbo C 1.0 or 2.0. You +should be able to find Zip and UnZip in the same place you found this +(see ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/Info-ZIP.html or the file +"WHERE" for details). + +To update previous versions using the zcrypt sources: + + (1) Get the main sources (e.g., Zip 2.3) and unpack into a working + directory, as usual. + + (2) Overwrite the dummy crypt.c and crypt.h from the main sources with + the versions from this package. If you want to overwrite directly + out of the zcrypt29 archive, do not use UnZip's freshen/updating + option; the dummy files may be newer than the real sources in + zcrypt29. ("unzip -o zcrypt29 -d /your/working/dir" will do the + Right Thing in most cases, although it may overwrite a newer WHERE + file under some circumstances.) + + (3) Read the main INSTALL document and compile normally! No makefile + changes are necessary on account of the zcrypt sources. You can + check that the version you just compiled has encryption or decryption + support enabled by typing "zip -v" or "unzip -v" and verifying that + the last "special compilation option" says encryption or decryption + is included. + +Encryption enables new "-e" and "-P password" options in Zip, and a new +"-P password" option in UnZip--see the normal Zip and UnZip documentation +for details. (Note that passing a plaintext password on the command line +is potentially much more insecure than being prompted for it interactively, +which is the default for UnZip and for Zip with "-e". Also note that the +interactive method allows UnZip to deal with archives that use different +passwords for different files.) |