Re: Protected ZIP file with password

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I'm testing on FreeBSD. I can use any command through system(), but the zip
command doesn't works! I don't know why.


On Feb 18, 2008 4:06 PM, Nick Stinemates <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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>
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