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Also known as: passworded archive, RAR password
A RAR or 7-Zip set locked with a password so its contents cannot be listed or extracted without it. On obfuscated posts the password is distributed separately, often through an indexer that stores it in the NZB metadata and passes it to the download client automatically. A missing or wrong password stops extraction after a complete, verified download.
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