Password selection for the archive

Once upon a time, in the days of BBS and Fido, there was such a vulgar fashion - to put passwords on archives with files. When receiving a file, you could not always unpack it normally. I had to use the available tools and use the brute-force method of “hacking” the archive. Basically, the programs were under Windows, and under * -nix systems did not come across less often. The developers, as they could, filled this gap, slowly improving the project "rarcrack". Using the brute-force method (brute force), the program will be able to pick up a forgotten password for files zipped, 7z or rar.

Have you encountered such developments?

Operating system: All POSIX (Linux / BSD / UNIX-like OSes)
License Type: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Project Page: sourceforge.net/projects/rarcrack