On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 09:29:58PM -0600, Paul Hoffman allegedly wrote:
Why is a binary representation "much needed"? A 2048-bit key will
only take up 320 of the 512 bytes allowed. Or am I missing something?
Actually, the encoding cost is only a constraint if you want to store
the key in some human renderable form. AFAIK, nothing stops a TXT from
containing the full 256 range of byte values. Though that suggestion
will surely cause more affront to those who abhor the use of TXT in
the first instant.
Mark.
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