At 03:20 PM 12/4/97 +0900, Hironobu Suzuki wrote:
I wrote the GOST/BLOWFISH with PGP as prototype and testing version,
not to open it to the public. But I need to distribute to someone who
criticize my idea or my source codes. Sometime, both things contradict
each other. If ID #4 and #5 are already assinged for other algorithms,
it makes a trouble and a confusion for PGP community. I hope to avoid
this situation.
Your previous message said that your implementation of GOST and Blowfish
was a kind of a joke, so I didn't know if you were requesting a constant or
not.
Presently, the OP-FORMAT spec defines 4 for Blowfish. I'll reserve one for
GOST.
Few years later, someone will hack AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)
into PGP. I think several people will hack it at the same time. Who
does allocate/control id number of AES?
You're correct, it makes sense to reserve a constant for the AES now. Thank
you for the suggestion.
Jon
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