diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Archives/Rar/SeekableFilePart.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Archives/Rar/SeekableFilePart.cs
index 13048d4c..97822d90 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Archives/Rar/SeekableFilePart.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Archives/Rar/SeekableFilePart.cs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ namespace SharpCompress.Archives.Rar;
 
 internal class SeekableFilePart : RarFilePart
 {
-    private readonly Stream stream;
-    private readonly string? password;
+    private readonly Stream _stream;
+    private readonly string? _password;
 
     internal SeekableFilePart(
         MarkHeader mh,
@@ -18,27 +18,27 @@ internal class SeekableFilePart : RarFilePart
     )
         : base(mh, fh, index)
     {
-        this.stream = stream;
-        this.password = password;
+        _stream = stream;
+        _password = password;
     }
 
     internal override Stream GetCompressedStream()
     {
-        stream.Position = FileHeader.DataStartPosition;
+        _stream.Position = FileHeader.DataStartPosition;
 
         if (FileHeader.R4Salt != null)
         {
-            var cryptKey = new CryptKey3(password!);
-            return new RarCryptoWrapper(stream, FileHeader.R4Salt, cryptKey);
+            var cryptKey = new CryptKey3(_password!);
+            return new RarCryptoWrapper(_stream, FileHeader.R4Salt, cryptKey);
         }
 
         if (FileHeader.Rar5CryptoInfo != null)
         {
-            var cryptKey = new CryptKey5(password!, FileHeader.Rar5CryptoInfo);
-            return new RarCryptoWrapper(stream, FileHeader.Rar5CryptoInfo.Salt, cryptKey);
+            var cryptKey = new CryptKey5(_password!, FileHeader.Rar5CryptoInfo);
+            return new RarCryptoWrapper(_stream, FileHeader.Rar5CryptoInfo.Salt, cryptKey);
         }
 
-        return stream;
+        return _stream;
     }
 
     internal override string FilePartName => "Unknown Stream - File Entry: " + FileHeader.FileName;
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Common/ArchiveEncoding.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Common/ArchiveEncoding.cs
index f66044d3..3701a93b 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Common/ArchiveEncoding.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Common/ArchiveEncoding.cs
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ public class ArchiveEncoding
     /// <summary>
     /// Default encoding to use when archive format doesn't specify one.
     /// </summary>
-    public Encoding Default { get; set; }
+    public Encoding? Default { get; set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// ArchiveEncoding used by encryption schemes which don't comply with RFC 2898.
     /// </summary>
-    public Encoding Password { get; set; }
+    public Encoding? Password { get; set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Set this encoding when you want to force it for all encoding operations.
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ public class ArchiveEncoding
 
     public Encoding GetEncoding() => Forced ?? Default ?? Encoding.UTF8;
 
+    public Encoding GetPasswordEncoding() => Password ?? Encoding.UTF8;
+
     public Func<byte[], int, int, string> GetDecoder() =>
         CustomDecoder ?? ((bytes, index, count) => GetEncoding().GetString(bytes, index, count));
 }
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Tar/TarEntry.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Tar/TarEntry.cs
index ae49e1fc..2597b837 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Tar/TarEntry.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Tar/TarEntry.cs
@@ -57,17 +57,17 @@ public class TarEntry : Entry
         ArchiveEncoding archiveEncoding
     )
     {
-        foreach (var h in TarHeaderFactory.ReadHeader(mode, stream, archiveEncoding))
+        foreach (var header in TarHeaderFactory.ReadHeader(mode, stream, archiveEncoding))
         {
-            if (h != null)
+            if (header != null)
             {
                 if (mode == StreamingMode.Seekable)
                 {
-                    yield return new TarEntry(new TarFilePart(h, stream), compressionType);
+                    yield return new TarEntry(new TarFilePart(header, stream), compressionType);
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    yield return new TarEntry(new TarFilePart(h, null), compressionType);
+                    yield return new TarEntry(new TarFilePart(header, null), compressionType);
                 }
             }
             else
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/PkwareTraditionalEncryptionData.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/PkwareTraditionalEncryptionData.cs
index b5d4b0fb..7b517857 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/PkwareTraditionalEncryptionData.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Zip/PkwareTraditionalEncryptionData.cs
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ internal class PkwareTraditionalEncryptionData
 
     internal byte[] StringToByteArray(string value)
     {
-        var a = _archiveEncoding.Password.GetBytes(value);
+        var a = _archiveEncoding.GetPasswordEncoding().GetBytes(value);
         return a;
     }