Subj : [USN-7349-1] RAR vulnerabilities
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Sean Rima
Date : Thu Mar 13 2025 09:48:27


Hello Sean!

12 Mar 25 20:57, you wrote to me:

 LL>>> Several security issues were fixed in RAR.

 SD> I'm a registered user of RAR but I quit using it for BBS files since
 SD> it's not backwards-compatible.  I was using the open-source ARJ as I
 SD> find it to be more capable than RAR or ZIP, but enough perople have
 SD> bitched at me about using ARJ I'm just going to use Info-Zip's ZIP.  I
 SD> don't really like using ZIP as it was originally based on a stolen
 SD> copy of the source code to ARC.

I am also a registered user, but don't use it. Not even sure if the keyfile is used under Linux. Never knew that about info-zip

Sean


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