Assar wrote:
Jonathan Wienke <JonWienk(_at_)ix(_dot_)netcom(_dot_)com> writes:
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.
Do you really see a new for more than 256 algoritms?
No, but... 256 is a rather low value for infinity, no matter what you
are using it for. 2^32 is a low value for the max number of IP addresses,
but it looked more than enough a number of years ago.
We might not see a need for more than 256 types right now, but it's still
stupid to restrict things. And having a 4-byte menmonic name is cute.
/assar
--Johnny