ZIPCRACKER(1)                                       ZIPCRACKER(1)


NAME
       ZipCracker  -  program  to  crack  password  protected zip
       archives
       
       SYNOPSIS
       zipcracker [OPTION] ... [ZIP] [TARGET]
       
		     
DESCRIPTION
       This manual page documents briefly the zipcracker program.
       ZipCracker  will  try  to  find the correct password for a
       given file in a zip archive,  by  using  the  Brute  force
       method(TM).
	      
       If  ZipCracker  gets interrupted when it's running it will
       save it's work in a file called .zipcracker in the  users
       home  directory.  And  you can continue with the search by
       using the --continue option.
	      
       ZipCracker can also be compiled with PVM (Parallel Virtual
       Machine)  library  support  so it can be used in a Beowulf
       cluster. PVM can be fond at:  http://www.epm.ornl.gov/pvm.
       You  can  also  use  it  on a stand alone computer, so you
       don't need to have PVM running.
			    
       Note:  If you use the PVM version you  need  to  have  the
              executable and the zip archive on the same place on
	      all the hosts in the virtual machine.
			    
OPTIONS
       The programs follow the usual  GNU  command  line  syntax,
       with  long options starting with two dashes ('-').  A sum-
       mary of  options  are  included  below.   For  a  complete
       description, see the Info files.
		     
		     
       -b, --blocksize=BLOCKSIZE
	      Use  blocksize BLOCKSIZE. (0 < BLOCKSIZE < 64). The
              size  of  each   block   can   be   calculated   as
	      strlen(STRING)^BLOCKSIZE.
	      Default: 5.
					  
					  
       -c, --continue
              Continues  with a previous task from .zipcracker in
              the users home directory.
	      
	      
       -f, --format=FORMAT
              Uses FORMAT to format the password.
	      Default: *
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
						 
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ZIPCRACKER(1)                                       ZIPCRACKER(1)
				  
				  
       -h, --help
              Show summary of options.


       -n, --number=NUMBER
              Uses NUMBER tasks in virtual machine.
	      Default: Number of computer in virtual machine.
				   
				   
       -s, --string=STRING
              Uses the characters in STRING to create  the  pass-
              words.
	      Default: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
			    
			    
       -v, --version
              Show version of program.
						 
						 
EXAMPLES
       zipcracker secret.zip secret.txt
							
							
       If you know that the first character in password is 's':
              zipcracker secret.zip secret.txt --format="s*"


       If you know the password is digits only:
              zipcracker           secret.zip          secret.txt 
	      --string="0123456789"
				   
				   
       If you know the password is four character long:
              zipcracker secret.zip secret.txt --format="????*"
	      
	      
SEE ALSO
       unzip(1L) pvm(1PVM)
		     
		     
AUTHOR
       This  manual  page  was   written   by   Jonas   Borgstrm
       <jonas_b@bitsmart.com>,  for  the  Debian GNU/Linux system
       (but may be used by others).
