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{ Program ZIPCRACK Copyright 1993 by Michael A. Quinlan }
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{ Brute force attack on PKZIP V2 encryption. }
{ Based on the APPNOTE.TXT distributed with the registered version }
{ of PKZIP 2.04g. }
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{ Method: Generate all possible passwords; invoke PKUNZIP -t (test) }
{ option to test each password. }
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{ Input: Minimum and maximum password lengths, password character set,}
{ Zipfile name, name of file to extract. }
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{ Options: Interval to save last password attempted; this allows the }
{ program to be restarted. }
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{ Performance improvements: placing PKUNZIP and the Zipfile on a RAM }
{ disk will improve speed. Increasing the 'save' interval will also }
{ increase speed. Making the current directory a RAM disk is _NOT_ }
{ recommended, since a crash (power hit, etc.) will lose the saved }
{ 'last password' and you will have to restart from scratch. }
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