PKZIP for Server
Products PKZIP Server

For Windows Servers



Encryption Methods Strong Password Encryption
Traditional ZIP Password Encryption
OpenPGP (RFC 4880)
Encryption Algorithms AES (256, 192 and 128 bit keys)
3DES (168 bit key)
Traditional PKWARE*
Cast5 (128-bit)*
IDEA*
Decryption Methods Strong Password Decryption
X.509 Public Key Decryption
Mixed Password and Public Key Decryption
Traditional ZIP
Password Decryption
OpenPGP (RFC 4880)
Decryption Algorithms AES (256, 192 and 128 bit keys)
3DES (112* and 168 bit keys)
DES*
RC2 (40, 64 and 128 bit keys)
RC4 (40, 64 and 128 bit keys)
Traditional ZIP Password Decryption
Cast5 (128-bit)*
IDEA*
Integrity Checks X.509 Digital Signature Validation
OpenPGP Key Validation
Maximum passphrase/password length 260 characters
Minimum passphrase/password length Defaults to 8, configurable
Compression Algorithms Deflate, Deflate64™, BZIP2, DCL Implode, LZMA, PPMd, Store (no compression)
Number of Compression levels 10
Extended ZIP file format support ZIP64™
Compress files > 4GB
Archive > 65535 files per ZIP file
Create PKSFX® Self-Extracting Files Yes
Supported File Creation types ZIP, BZIP2, TAR, GZIP, Uuencode, XXencode, TAR BZIP2, TAR GZIP, OpenPGP
Supported File Extraction types ZIP, RAR, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, ARJ, BinHex(hqx), CAB, LZH, Uuencode, XXencode, .Z, .ZIPX, .7z, .iso, TAR BZIP2, TAR GZIP, OpenPGP
Operating System Requirements Windows 2003 and higher with IE 6.0 or above
Memory Requirements 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
Disk Requirements 15 MB available disk space
*When operating in FIPS 140-2 Mode, these features cannot be enabled as of v12.5

For UNIX/Linux Servers

Encryption Methods Traditional ZIP Password Encryption
OpenPGP (RFC 4880)
Decryption Algorithms AES (256, 192 and 128 bit keys)
3DES (112* and 168 bit keys)
DES*
RC2 (40, 64 and 128 bit keys)
RC4 (40, 64 and 128 bit keys)
Traditional ZIP Password Decryption
Cast5 (128-bit)*
IDEA*
Integrity Checks X.509 Digital Signature Validation
OpenPGP Key Validation
Maximum passphrase/password length 260 characters
Minimum passphrase/password length Defaults to 8, configurable
Compression Algorithms Deflate, Deflate64™, BZIP2, DCL Implode, LZMA, PPMd, Store (no compression)
Number of Compression levels 10
Extended ZIP file format support ZIP64™
Compress files > 4GB
Archive > 65535 files per ZIP file
Create PKSFX® Self-Extracting Files Yes
Supported File Creation types ZIP, BZIP2, TAR, GZIP, Uuencode, XXencode, TAR BZIP2, TAR GZIP, OpenPGP
Supported File Extraction types ZIP, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, ARJ, BinHex(hqx), LZH, Uuencode, XXEncode, .Z, .ZIPX, .7z, .iso, TAR BZIP2, TAR GZIP, OpenPGP
Operating System Requirements
Solaris 8 or greater on UltraSPARC
Solaris 10 or greater on x86
IBM AIX
  • 5L Version 5.3 (5300-08) or higher
  • 6L Version 6.1 (6100-00) or higher
  • 7L Version 7.1 (7100-00) or higher
HP-UX (Itanium only)
  • 11iv2 or higher with patches: PHSS_39821, PHSS_39897 and PHSS_40537, PHSS_41184
  • 11iv3 or higher with patches: PHCO_41039, PHSS_39822 and PHSS_40538, PHSS_41183, and PHSS_41185
Linux
  • RedHat 4 and greater
  • SuSE 9 and greater on x86, x86_64
  • Ubuntu 10.04 (LTS) and greater on x86 and x86_64
  • x86_64 requires the 32-bit compatibility libraries for that Linux distribution.
Memory Requirements

64 MB RAM (128 MB recommended)
*When operating in FIPS 140-2 Mode, these features cannot be enabled as of v12.5