On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Kazu Yamamoto wrote:
From: Thomas Roessler <roessler(_at_)does-not-exist(_dot_)org>
Subject: Re: Finalizing OpenPGP/MIME?
Introducing a wildcard value would make one-pass processing
impossible, and thus break basic design principles. I.e., I'd
I would not say impossible but somewhat slower because you have to
hash the digest with all know hash algorithms.
Would you explain what "one-pass processing" means in your
terminology? And tell me which software does provide such a feature
joe(_at_)bar$ nc -lp 4711 | mime-processing-pgm | viewer-or-whatever
joe(_at_)foo$ nc bar 4711 <large_signed_message
I am not sure whether this is a real life setup. Sending large
messages MIME encoded is not that effective. Most software creates
and parses MIME message in memory or uses temporary files.
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Werner Koch
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