#Check if ZIP File is encrypted

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flat verge Nov 4, 2022, 3:11 PM

I want to check if a ZIP file is password protected. Zip files include any type of archive/compressed format like 7z, gzip, zip, rar etc.
I already have a way to check if the file in question is an archive file

west leaf Nov 4, 2022, 5:47 PM

Looks like you may need an external library at this time

https://github.com/alexmullins/zip

GitHub

GitHub - alexmullins/zip: Fork of Go's archive/zip to add reading/w...

Fork of Go's archive/zip to add reading/writing of password protected zip files. - GitHub - alexmullins/zip: Fork of Go's archive/zip to add reading/writing of password protected zip files.

https://github.com/golang/go/issues/12081

GitHub

proposal: archive/zip: support for encrypted archives · Issue #1208...

ZIP file format specification includes encrypted archives. Current implementation doesn't support writing/reading such archives.