7-zip files on Linux with AES-256 encryption

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00:00 7-Zip Files On Linux With Aes-256 Encryption
00:53 Accepted Answer Score 23
01:07 Answer 2 Score 8
01:54 Thank you

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 23

7-Zip will refuse to encrypt the data unless you provide a password, since it won't know what key you want to encrypt it with:

7za a myfile.zip test.txt -tzip -mem=AES256 -mx9 -pmypassword

ANSWER 2

Score 8

How can I (and more importantly the end user) be sure that its using AES-256 as the encryption method?

You can use 7z l -slt myfile.zip, it should output AES-256 (amongst other things).

If you choose the 7z format (e.g., with 7za a -t7z myfile.7z test.txt -tzip -mem=AES256 -mx9 -pmypassword), 7z l -slt myfile.7z should output 7zAES:19 (which is the same as AES-256).

https://sourceforge.net/p/p7zip/patches/25/#3da5 :

Igor Pavlov: 7zAES:19 means AES-256 + (2^19) SHA-256 iterations in password to key function.