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Technical Specifications — SecureZIP® Server

For Windows Servers
Encryption Methods Strong Password Encryption
X.509 Public Key Encryption
Mixed Password and Public Key
Traditional ZIP Password Encryption
OpenPGP (RFC 4880)
PKI Digital Certificates x.509 v3
Certificate and Key Formats Supported PEM, PKCS#12, PKCS#7
FIPS 140 Mode Yes (ZIP encryption only)
Key Stores Supported Local Certificate Store or LDAP Directory, SmartCard/Token, OpenPGP Key Rings
Contingency Key Yes
Digital Signature Yes
Digital Authentication Yes
Encryption Algorithms AES (256, 192 and 128 bit keys), 3DES (168 bit key), Cast5 (128-bit), IDEA
Decryption AlgorithmsAES (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
Hash Algorithms SHA-1*, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512
MD5
Public Key AlgorithmsRSA (1024, 2048 and 4096 bits)
Authentication X.509 Digital Signatures, OpenPGP Key Validation
Maximum passphrase/password length260 characters
Minimum passphrase/password lengthDefaults to 8, configurable
Compression Algorithms Deflate, Deflate64™, BZIP2, DCL Implode, LZMA, PPMd, Store (no compression)
Number of Compression levels10
Extended ZIP file format supportZIP64™
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, TAR BZIP2, TAR GZIP, .7z, .iso, OpenPGP
Operating System Requirements Windows 2012 Server
Windows 2008 Server R2
Windows 2008 Server
Windows 2003 Server
Memory Requirements256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
Disk Requirements 15 MB available disk space on 32-bit Operating Systems
*When operating in FIPS 140-2 Mode, these features cannot be enabled as of v12.5
For UNIX/Linux Servers
Encryption Methods Strong Password Encryption
X.509 Public Key Encryption
Mixed Password and Public Key
Traditional ZIP Password Encryption
OpenPGP (RFC 4880)
FIPS 140 Yes (ZIP encryption only)
PKI Digital Certificates x.509
Certificate and Key Formats Supported PEM, PKCS#12, PKCS#7
Key Stores Supported Local Certificate Store or LDAP Directory, OpenPGP Key Rings
Contingency Key Yes
Digital Signature Yes
Digital Authentication Yes
Encryption Algorithms AES (256, 192 and 128 bit keys), 3DES (168 bit key), Cast5 (128-bit), IDEA
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
Hash Algorithms SHA-1*, SHA-256, SHA-384
SHA-512MD5
Public Key AlgorithmsRSA (1024, 2048 and 4096 bits)
Authentication X.509 Digital Signatures, OpenPGP Key Validation
Maximum passphrase/password length260 characters
Minimum passphrase/password lengthDefaults to 8, configurable
Compression Algorithms Deflate, Deflate64™, BZIP2, DCL Implode, LZMA, PPMd, Store (no compression)
Number of Compression levels10
Extended ZIP file format supportZIP64™
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, TAR BZIP2, TAR GZIP, .7z, .iso, 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 Requirements64 MB (128 MB Recommended)
*When operating in FIPS 140-2 Mode, these features cannot be enabled as of v12.5