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improved README regarding AES support in Windows
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artem-karpenko committed Feb 4, 2020
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* 'aes256' - this is implementation of AES-256 encryption introduced by WinZip in 2003.
It is the most safe option in regards of encryption, but limits possibilities of opening resulting archives.
It's known to be supported by recent versions 7-Zip and WinZip. It is NOT supported by
Linux unzip 6.00 (by Info-Zip). It is also NOT supported by Windows explorer (i.e. not possible to open Zip file as folder),
even in Windows 10.
Linux unzip 6.00 (by Info-Zip). It is also NOT supported by Windows explorer (it's possible to browse contents of archive
but not possible to view or extract files, i.e. perform operations that require decryption), even in Windows 10.
* 'zip20' - this is implementation of legacy Zip 2.0 encryption (also called "ZipCrypto" in 7-Zip application).
This is the first encryption method added to Zip format and hence is widely supported, in particular
by standard tools in Linux and Windows. However its security is proven to be breakable
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