Re: building compatible zip files "by hand" that are encrypted and compressed

> I do have a follow-up question for you.  Supposing I
> do encrypt with AES and compress with (deflate?) on
> the client before uploading.  I will then have a
> collection of already compressed and already encrypted
> files.

> Do you think, then, that I could simply ask the user,
> then, before building their ZIP file, which format
> they wanted it in?

No.  AES defines the format, and it's entirely possible that no zipping
software in existence will understand whatever variant you've chosen.

Greg