Arch Beard

I have migrated internal scripts to .7z based on your feedback. <az><AZ><09><symbols><high> function without issue for *.7z encryption targets. Thank you for pointing out these details. Sincerely, Arch

This may require additional data requiring vendor disclosure. As creator/programmer/maintainer/developer of 7-Zip, is there a current relationship with both vendors in order to obtain? I am willing to support and research as required, but at this point it appears vendor contact and a request for data/disclosure appears necessary in order to resolve. Do you concur?

-There may be some useful data to be extracted on the PKWare question from here: PKZIP/SecureZip for i5/OS User's Guide - See International Code Page Support - ~p207+ https://pkware.cachefly.net/webdocs/productcollateral/sz_i5os_v10_userguide.pdf There is also good data on the structure found in the pkware appnote, though I currently find nothing more detailed than the document referenced above for this thread. Additional material provided for reference in this discussion: PKWARE (incl AES) - https://pkware.cachefly.net/webdocs/casestudies/APPNOTE.TXT...

-There may be some useful data to be extracted on the PKWare question from here: PKZIP/SecureZip for i5/OS User's Guide - See International Code Page Support - ~p207+ https://pkware.cachefly.net/webdocs/productcollateral/sz_i5os_v10_userguide.pdf There is also good data on the structure found in the pkware appnote, though I currently find nothing more detailed than the document referenced above for this thread. Additional material provided for reference in this discussion: PKWARE (incl AES) - https://pkware.cachefly.net/webdocs/casestudies/APPNOTE.TXT...

There may be some useful data to be extracted on the PKWare question from here: PKZIP/SecureZip for i5/OS User's Guide - See International Code Page Support - ~p207+ https://pkware.cachefly.net/webdocs/productcollateral/sz_i5os_v10_userguide.pdf There is also good data on the structure found in the pkware appnote, though I currently find nothing more detailed than the document referenced above for this thread. Additional material provided for reference in this discussion: PKWARE (incl AES) - https://pkware.cachefly.net/webdocs/casestudies/APPNOTE.TXT...

There may be some useful data to be extracted on the PKWare question from here: PKZIP/SecureZip for i5/OS User's Guide - See International Code Page Support - ~p207+ https://pkware.cachefly.net/webdocs/productcollateral/sz_i5os_v10_userguide.pdf There is also good data on the structure found in the pkware appnote, though I currently find nothing more detailed than the document referenced above for this thread. Additional material provided for reference in this discussion: PKWARE (incl AES) - https://pkware.cachefly.net/webdocs/casestudies/APPNOTE.TXT...

Password Complexity Deficiency Under .Zip archive not present under .7z

VeraCrypt Format.exe (VeraCrypt Volume Creation Wizard) command line creation of a volume supports the standard volume type of "normal". There apears no option (as of v1.21) to pass an equivalent --volume-type=hidden function through command line to this executable. This is a function that is already active, working and in place with VeraCrypt on other OS platforms, and requires adjustment to this Windows binary. Providing this adjustment will extend command line line creation of the hidden volume...