Are password-protected zip files encrypted?

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Published on 2010-04-10T12:01:49Z Indexed on 2010/04/10 12:03 UTC
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In modern zip utilities like 7zip, you can specify a password when creating a .ZIP file. But, how secure is this? What encryption algorithm(s) are used to secure password-protected zip files?

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