Just tried using the Modern (Windows 10) Icon set and seeing a few missing icons in both PowerArchiver Burner and PowerArchiver Encryption screens . They are all there in the Minimalistik icon set and the only difference I can see is the former is blue and the latter grey. In version 22.00.9
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Hi there,
there were some security issues fixed in 7zip:
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1165/
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1164/
As it seems, that PowerArchiver and PACL use the 7zip libraries, could you please update them to the latest version?
Hi,
From where I get PAVD2023.EXE? PowerArchiver 2023 tries to open it.
But it seems, it tries to download PAVD2021.EXE.
Thanks
I noticed that the version of ZPAQ used is older than the latest released 7.15 https://mattmahoney.net/dc/zpaq.html also there seems to be a newer fork that adds several features https://github.com/fcorbelli/zpaqfranz
It would be useful to implement this latest version (it also maintains the same syntax and behavior as the latest official release if used the -715 flag) and add when opening a zpaq file a choice of the version of the files to show (e.g. as dummy folders represented the various versions present). Since any previous changes are stored with this format, it is possible to extract a snapshot of a certain date/version.
If I open a password-protected zipper file (created with WinRAR but I think that’s irrelevant), open it with PowerArchiver and run “Remove Encryption” on the same file, then reopen it and add a password with “Encrypt Archive,” the resulting archive will be protected with the old ZipCrypto algorithm and not AES as indicated.
(this can be verified, for example, by trying to open the archive files with Windows Explorer, which does not support the AES algorithm)
PA 21.00.18 running on Windows 7 64 bit.
I made a big .PA file and thought I’d check it was made correctly with Menu / Actions / Test.
Discovered:
a) PA always issues a UAC prompt to do this!
b) PA always says there are many errors in PA files.
Encryption Question - Purpose of "Use Password encryption (OpenPGP)"?
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I’ve tested this encryption option and I get a file that can be decrypted with a private PGP key OR a specified password.
Is the purpose of this feature to add two decryption options to an encrypted file?
Is this a common requested feature?
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Hello, purpose is to provide regular symmetric encryption in OpenPGP… it is a part of OpenPGP standard. Thanks!
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Thanks for the clarification.
Didn’t know OpenPGP used hybrid encryption (symmetric + asymmetric for the symmetric key).
Your PA Wiki needs an update.
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Thanks for the clarification.
Didn’t know OpenPGP used hybrid encryption (symmetric + asymmetric for the symmetric key).
Your PA Wiki needs an update.
OpenPGP includes symmetric key encryption, but most tools never expose this feature because most people use it for asymmetric encryption only. Our devs decide to include it as something more unique and interesting.
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What’s the practical usage of this encryption method?
OpenPGP includes symmetric key encryption, but most tools never expose this feature because most people use it for asymmetric encryption only. Our devs decide to include it as something more unique and interesting.
It was a wise decision. With this encryption system we can share files with people familiarized and unfamiliarized with the PGP system, without the need of two encryption works.
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we will update the wiki soon as well, so it is all explained well… thanks for the suggestion.
