Re: Phil Zimmermann's suggestion for large ciphers

> > > > > "Werner" == Werner Koch <wk(_at_)isil(_dot_)d(_dot_)shuttle(_dot_)de> 
> > > > > writes:
 Werner> uri <uri(_at_)watson(_dot_)ibm(_dot_)com> writes:
> > So? Compared to cost of one RSA or DSA operation, one SHA-1 is
> > negligible.  Who cares?
 Werner> Hashing 700 Mges takes a while and sometimes conventional
 Werner> only encryption is used. 

True, but compared to conventional crypto SHA-1 is still a small
component.   I've measured it at 4-5 times the speed of single DES.

        paul