Indesign, epubs, and font encryption

Hello all,
I'm back again with another question for the experts. When I upload my file here, the epub validator site, I receive the following error:
ERROR: eng.epub/META-INF/encryption.xml(1): attribute "compression" from namespace "http://ns.adobe.com/digitaleditions/enc" not allowed at this point; ignored
I looked up this error message and I found out here (4th poster) that I should export my file without font encryption. However, I don't know how to do this with Indesign as I dont see the option available to me upon export. Also, exporting without fonts is not an option at the moment, as exporting to different lanuages is one of the projects final goals.
I am using version 6.05. As a side note, the file works beautifully on many different ereaders (ipad included) however now I am trying to publish the book to the ibook store and it seems like they have a serious DRM(?) that has to be cleared before you can get into their store.
Also, bonus question which file is being referred to here:
ERROR: eng.epub: length of first filename in archive must be 8, but was 49
Thanks everyone!
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Ok I ran into the issue where without the encryption file the epub when viewed in the adobe desktop reader cannot render the fonts. I get a series of question marks. However WITH the encryption file the fonts render fine. For English, French and Spanish there were no problems. However with Russian it seems to be an issue. Additionally the file renders fine in dreamweaver live view in either circumstance. I don't beleive its related to the code, it seems to be that without the encription file the program has difficulty finding the fonts when rendering in other non-roman languages. Any suggestions? Thanks!

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