Tag Archives: Zip

Encrypted Windows Backup (7z)

May 25, 2017 Views: 366ArticlesBackup, Encryption, Powershell, Windows, Zip17% Mister Wizard

The idea for the concept below came to me years ago when I received a letter from an unnamed Bank I was doing business with at the time. This letter stated that my PII (Personally Identifiable Information) had been stolen. As it turns out, the Bank’s un-encrypted offsite backup tape was stolen en-route to a… Read More

7-Zip File Archiver

March 16, 2012 Views: 965Client, SoftwareBackup, Compression, Zip17% Mister Wizard

7-Zip is open source software. Most of the source code is under the GNU LGPL license. The unRAR code is under a mixed license: GNU LGPL + unRAR restrictions. Check license information here: 7-Zip license. You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a commercial organization. You don’t need to register or… Read More