Encrypting in ZIP file vs. law.

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Encrypting in ZIP file vs. law.

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Please help me with this concern: I've searched the forum against "encryption" string - and I've found that "Internal ZIP packer lacks the feature of encryption, because of Swiss law / export regulations, but one can download another 'wcmzip32.dll' and gain this feature".

Is it legal? I can't quite get it - that it's illegal using TC, but legal after replacing this file? Can somone explain it to me, or give links to some articles regarding that?

Thanks in advance.

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AFAIK it's illegal for the author, who lives in Switzerland, to distribute TC with that file. You can get the DLL from http://clubtotal.free.fr/index.php?dir=TC_Tools/ and there tcArchive_ZIP.Crypto.DLL.zip .

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Mal angenommen, du drückst Strg+F, wählst die FTP-Verbindung (mit gespeichertem Passwort), klickst aber nicht auf Verbinden, sondern fällst tot um.
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Post by *maurycy.s »

Hacker wrote:AFAIK it's illegal for the author, who lives in Switzerland, to distribute TC with that file. You can get the DLL from http://clubtotal.free.fr/index.php?dir=TC_Tools/ and there tcArchive_ZIP.Crypto.DLL.zip .
Ues I have it..
So it seems legal to produce the product "made in Switzerland" without this feature, and agree (by him) t download this feature from elsewhere?

In other words it's legal to - download trial version of TC, register it, and replace that .dll file?
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Depends on the laws in your country. AFAIK it's forbidden in Switzerland to export crypto-apps, that means the author cannot publish the DLL because someone in eg Iran could download it.

BTW: You can replace the DLL even without registering TC. :)

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Mal angenommen, du drückst Strg+F, wählst die FTP-Verbindung (mit gespeichertem Passwort), klickst aber nicht auf Verbinden, sondern fällst tot um.
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