Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!sigma From: sigma@pawl.rpi.edu (Kevin J Martin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: PKZIP version 1.10 and data encryption Message-ID: Date: 28 Mar 90 23:13:04 GMT References: <1990Mar28.035417.6496@eng.umd.edu> <2170@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Distribution: na Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY Lines: 25 OK, due to the questionable legality or safety of obtaining the new version of PKZip from incoming directories at FTP sites, I'm going to (hold my breath and) offer to mail the file to North American users during the next seven days only. It's a self-extracting executable, uuencoded, and I make no guarantees about it other than to swear it's the same version I've been using all day with no problems. The compression improvements I've obtained have been minimal, to say the least, but it seems a little quicker, and it's certainly improved overall, I'd say. Send a mail request to sigma@pawl.rpi.edu before April 4th. Be warned; the file is 200K uuencoded. While we're on this subject, can anyone who's had direct contact with the PK-BBS verify that ZIP files created with the new version are backwards compatible with PKZ1.02? It seems reasonable, considering how many variables are involved in implosion, that the new version is just more accurate in its selections, but it'd be nice if we could be sure it's reasonable to move to the new version without worrying about stranding un-updated users. Please note that I highly recommend registering this product! Kevin Martin sigma@pawl.rpi.edu Please, North American sites only!