Re: Protected ZIP file with password

Richard, Unfortunately, I can't get out of the zip password rut because the destination system read only this file format. I can't change the destination system. Thanks, Petrus. On Feb 18, 2008 2:11 PM, Richard Lynch <ceo@l-i-e.com> wrote: > On Mon, February 18, 2008 5:59 am, Petrus Bastos wrote: > > Thanks again for your worry. So, let's go, here goes my situation. > > I'm > > exporting data to another system. That system have an option to be > > feed by a > > password protected zip file. The export activity will be occur in this > > way: > > the user will generate the file on my application and will put this > > file > > into that another system. So, I need generate that file. Maybe one > > solution > > is to generate the file unzipped and determine that user should zip > > the file > > with password on his Windows or Linux operating system. But, I can't > > let > > that responsibility on user hands. So, because that I need to generate > > the > > file already protected. > > Perhaps you could use SCP (or SSH tunneling) to transfer the file from > system to system, so that it need not ever be visible to the outside > world, and thus not need the rather lame zip password. > > Another option would be to take the whole file and 2-way encrypt it > with a public/private key pair, and install the private key on the > receiving server. > > In other words, get out of the zip password rut, and protect the file > some other way. > > -- > Some people have a "gift" link here. > Know what I want? > I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. > http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch > Yeah, I get a buck. So? > >