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From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir)
Subject: Re: Any way to recover encrypted .zip?
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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1991 23:16:11 GMT

In article <44102@netnews.upenn.edu> mfontana@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Mark A Fontana) writes:
>
>Well, I'm stupid.  I encrypted some personal files in a .ZIP before leaving
>on a trip.  Two weeks later, I've forgotten the key (thought I would
>remember it- Murphy's Law).
>
>So, is there any little utility or trick to recover the archive, or
>should I keep guessing?  I am using Pkzip 1.1 with the USA encryption.

Keep guessing!  And good luck!
Next time, write it down or, better still, don't use encryption!

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