Best Secure Encryption for Zip Files via Linux

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Published on 2010-01-13T22:17:39Z Indexed on 2010/04/18 14:53 UTC
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I want to use highly secure encryption for zipped files via Linux/Ubuntu using a command line terminal, what is the best command line tool to get this job done?

zip -e -P PASSWORD file1 file2 file3 file4

Or

7za a file.7z *.txt -pSECRET

What encryption is used and how secure is it?

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