Re: PGP Message Exchange Formats Internet Draft

tzeruch(_at_)ceddec(_dot_)com wrote:
> and I, for one, would not like to see 1,000 algorithms defined because no
> two implementations would work together, or the program would need to be
> larger than most hard drives.
It may seem that way, but if you think about it... cryptographic algorithms
are usually /tiny/ pieces of code.  Often less than 1k of object code but
even if it's 5k that's still only 5MB for 1000 of 'em... a lot smaller than
MS Word or other such.  And besides, algorithms could be linked in dynamically
at run-time.

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