And RIPEMD-160 would be indicated how? Having length byte, text field
may well be overkill. So I'd suggest that a one byte ID with
everything in an include file makes writing code easier, and doesn't
need to change the presentation.
Adam
Jonathan Wienke wrote:
| Instead of having a 1-byte cipher identifier, I would like to see a 4 byte
| text identifier for ciphers and hashes, so IDEA could be designated by
| "IDEA", triple-DES by "3DES", SHA-1 by "SHA1", etc. This would make it much
| easier for PGP to support numerous algorithms, and multiple encryption.
| Perhaps each algorithm could be implemented as a plug-in, so that
| encrypting a message with triple-DES, IDEA, and then something cooked up in
| your basement would be easily implemented.
|
| At 01:47 PM 8/7/97 -0700, Jon Callas wrote:
| >At 12:33 AM -0700 8/6/97, Hironobu Suzuki said:
| >
| >
| > I'd like to know to contact a person to get new chiper identifier.
| >
| >That might as well be me. As we progress with making PGP a standard, we'll
| >be setting up a way to do that. If you don't need it right away, let the
| >list know what you want, and it will get on our to-do list. If you need it
| >right away, we'll get you one ASAP.
| >
| > Jon
| >
| >
| >
| >-----
| >Jon Callas jon(_at_)pgp(_dot_)com
| >Chief Scientist 555 Twin Dolphin Drive
| >Pretty Good Privacy, Inc. Suite 570
| >(415) 596-1960 Redwood Shores, CA 94065
| >
| >
| >
| >
|
| Jonathan Wienke
|
| What part of "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be
| infringed" is too hard to understand? (From 2nd Amendment, U.S. Constitution)
|
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| DSS/D-H Key Fingerprint: 3312 6597 8258 9A9E D9FA 4878 C245 D245 EAA7 0DCC
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|
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