When compressing a File/Folder I was looking for a way to set it as a Mandatory requirement to password protect files when selecting either Archive Format 7z or Zip?
Have searched online but cannot find a diffinitive answer if it can be done
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
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No password protect by default, as this would require to store password somewhere in the system and that would be less secure (even storing it as a hash has some kind of risk). Instead when you want to create encrypted archive you have to every time write your unique password.
Choose AES encryption as it is stronger than zipcrypto.
When you encrypt 7z archive you can click on "Encrypt file names" option to further protect your archive (for zip archive this option is not supported), or in cmd line use option -mhe+ / -mhe=on which do the same:
7z.exe a -mhe+ -p"your password" archive.7z folder
Last edit: mdadm 2019-07-21
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When compressing a File/Folder I was looking for a way to set it as a Mandatory requirement to password protect files when selecting either Archive Format 7z or Zip?
Have searched online but cannot find a diffinitive answer if it can be done
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
No password protect by default, as this would require to store password somewhere in the system and that would be less secure (even storing it as a hash has some kind of risk). Instead when you want to create encrypted archive you have to every time write your unique password.
Choose AES encryption as it is stronger than zipcrypto.
When you encrypt 7z archive you can click on "Encrypt file names" option to further protect your archive (for zip archive this option is not supported), or in cmd line use option -mhe+ / -mhe=on which do the same:
7z.exe a -mhe+ -p"your password" archive.7z folder
Last edit: mdadm 2019-07-21