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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Is a passworded WINRAR file an effective encryption method?
by
nosfera2
on 29/06/2011, 12:27:46 UTC
7-Zip uses iterated SHA-256 as its key derivation function. This is weak against hardware brute force attacks. If your password really is 18 randomish characters, you should be fine. If it's one English word with a few digits before or after it, you are theoretically vulnerable to that kind of attack.

Are you sure? The version I have (Ver 9.20) says AES-256. And yes, 18 random chars.