protection on IoMega ZIP drives

[Adam Shostack]

Joseph L. Moll wrote:
| 
| Anyone have any idea how secure the ZIP disk is once it is "protected?"  I
| know that the disk will refuse to be mounted without the passkey, but what
| is really happening here?

	Its weak software encryption.  Paul Kocher announced he had
cracked it in Sept/Oct, but is not distributing the crack program.

Adam



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