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Article #159Re: WPGP version 1.6
From: Dave Sill
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 00:00
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In article <31806ba5.825503@news.tiac.net> gordol@tiac.net (Jeffrey Kaplan) writes: > After meeting his own wife, Vir was talking to Duane Schultz about Re: > WPGP version 1.6: > > >Am I missing something here ? When *I* compress a text message using > >PGP, the message size actually *drops* by at least 50%, often more than > >80%..... > > I think you are. PGP doesn't "compress" anything. Wrong. It compresses when it encrypts. The subject of the thread is not PGP encryption, though, it's PGP signatures. Signing a message does, of course, add some overhead. > It encrypts. And I > have noticed that a 10 line message encrypted with PGP turns out to be > 50% +bigger+ in line count than the plaintext version. I think you're talking about signing, not encrypting. > >When I encrypt I large binary file, a 50 MB arj file for example, the > >resultant encrypted file is 500 K *smaller*.... > > That's using ZIP/ARJ etc. A true file compression util. No, he's talking about encrypting an arj file. > >I think that you should probably consider the validity of your *facts* > >before making abusive posts such as this one..... > > Uh huh. Really. -- Dave Sill (de5@ornl.gov) <URL:http://www.lookup.com/Homepages/72300/home.html> Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Oak Ridge National Lab, Workstation Support
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From: de5@sws5.CTD.ORNL.Gov (Dave Sill)
Subject: Re: WPGP version 1.6
Date: 1996/04/26
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