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I find it quite annoying that WinZip (and 7-zip, etc) does not encrypt the file names in the archive, just the file contents.
This is a glaring security hole as the file & folder names can contain quite a bit of information such as names, account numbers, account types, etc.
Are there any good alternatives out there? A good alternative should be easy-to-use, and hopefully backward-compatible with regular Zip utilities to the extent possible (for instance, by allowing file contents to be retrieved in WinZip/7zip even if that requires a separate rename step).
Double-zipping is a poor workaround, because then you lose the ability to quickly open specific files, especially if they're archived on DVD or other slow media. – Alex R – 2009-12-22T00:59:57.033
7-Zip does encrypt file name and header. – None – 2009-12-22T01:32:29.030