Question about FreeArc and password-protecting archives.

[L33THAK0R]

Hi all,

I was reading through the FreeArc documentation (http://freearc.sourceforge.net/FreeArc040-eng.htm) that I could find, looking for information regarding using a password to encrypt archives. Has anyone had any experience using this functionality? I'm interested in adding it to my own future archives, but honestly not too sure where to start.

[KaktoR]

For what experience you are looking for?

Using parameters -hp -p

Input password inside unpack script is enough.

[Joe Forster/STA]

Mind you, if the password is unencrypted in your script, it will be pretty easy to find. Also, if you start FreeArc (or any archiver) via command line - rather than calling a DLL function - then the full command line can be extracted from the process, e.g. with Sysinternals' Process Monitor (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon) or FAR Manager's "Process List" plugin. Are you sure you want to get tangled up in this cat and mouse game? :)

[L33THAK0R]

Mind you, if the password is unencrypted in your script, it will be pretty easy to find. Also, if you start FreeArc (or any archiver) via command line - rather than calling a DLL function - then the full command line can be extracted from the process, e.g. with Sysinternals' Process Monitor (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon) or FAR Manager's "Process List" plugin. Are you sure you want to get tangled up in this cat and mouse game? :)

Ah fair enough, probably not.