Re: Protected ZIP file with password

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Petrus Bastos wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
>    I got access to exec method for test! But, it's not working... :( 
> the function returns 127 and don't create the zip file, I've tested on
> Linux command tool and works! Do you have any idea why didn't work?
>
> Thanks again and sorry for the inconvenience,
> Petrus Bastos.
>
> On Feb 18, 2008 2:37 PM, Nick Stinemates <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Petrus Bastos wrote:
>     > 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@xxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:ceo@xxxxxxxxx>> 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?
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >
>     >
>     Sounds like a creative challenge... this is what makes programmers
>     problem solvers. You can write the code, you have the knowledge.. and
>     then you get requirements like this one. How annoying!
>
>     I found out some interesting information researching your issue. It
>     seems that encryption by password is actually not built in to ZIP
>     itself, but was an implementation detail apps like WinZip added to the
>     mix. Because of that, the original ZIP libs don't have any notions of
>     password protection.
>
>     It seems like this isn't a language specific issue, either.
>
>     I think it's time to get creative, Petros. You're in a bind, and I
>     assume you need to get this done, so you have the following
>     options (in
>     the order I would do it in..)
>      -> Turn on exec()
>      -> You can use/modify an app I wrote (in python) which accepts UDP
>     packets and executed commands based off of it. You can strip out the
>     really insecure things and just accept 'zip' commands. The lib/app is
>     really small and lightweight. There are no dependencies outside of I
>     think 3 python modules. If I couldn't turn on exec(), this is the
>     route
>     I would go.
>      -> Use some form of file/directory montoring + zip.
>      -> Pass the request on to an environment that has zip()
>
>     --
>     ==================
>     Nick Stinemates (nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>)
>     http://nick.stinemates.org
>
>     AIM: Nick Stinemates
>     MSN: nickstinemates@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:nickstinemates@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>     Yahoo: nickstinemates@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:nickstinemates@xxxxxxxxx>
>     ==================
>
>
>
What platform are you testing on?

You got it to work under Linux but not on Windows? Am I understanding
that properly?

For windows, I read you should be using a tool called PkZIP.

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