Bug 336595

Summary: Support for creating an encrypted zip file is missing
Product: [Applications] ark Reporter: pat_h
Component: generalAssignee: Raphael Kubo da Costa <rakuco>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: wishlist    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 2.19   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Debian testing   
OS: Linux   
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Description pat_h 2014-06-22 20:34:21 UTC 
Ark should be able to do the equivalent of "zip --encrypt". Therefore, a checkbox should be added to the GUI to select encryption. A password field or a popup containing that field would be needed, too. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. open Ark to create a zip file

Actual Results:  
no possibility for encryption present

Expected Results:  
encryption should be selectable

Zip encryption is not necessarily the safest encryption possible (except if AES is used). Nevertheless, it is better than no encryption at all, which often is the alternative.
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2014-06-22 21:28:15 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 253694 ***