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To crack 17-character AES password: 100 years and 1 billion dollars

Posted on March 29, 2008 by Ace

In my previous ‘Free File’ article, I briefly reviewed the open-source compression-utility 7-Zip. Like most other archiving tools, 7-Zip is also capable of encrypting your files. To do this, it utilizes industry standard AES-256 encryption (a.k.a. Rijn Dael) and recommends a … Continue reading →