[issue10030] Patch for zip decryption speedup

Serhiy Storchaka report at bugs.python.org
Sun Nov 4 13:17:00 CET 2012


Serhiy Storchaka added the comment:

I quote from Gregory P. Smith (msg91897):

"""
The decryption provided by the zipfile module is for the worthless
32-bit crc based "encryption" of zipfiles.  I think promoting the use of
that is a bad idea.

zipfile can be used by people to get their data out of such files.  We
should not encourage them to put it and/or their code into such a stupid
format.
"""

I think that the effort required for speedup of this almost useless feature is excessive.

If someone want to implement the "strong encryption" for zip files - welcome.

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