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Article #1258Re: mc100.zip (mcrypt)
From: silvia
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 00:20
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 00:20
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In article <1992Oct13.864.271@ALMAC>, keith.willis@almac.co.uk writes:
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>
> I have come across an implementation of RSA distributed by a
> company in Wales, UK, which claims to perform RSA encryption
> on the entire file, rather than just on a session key for a
> conventional algorithm. The program may be common knowledge,
> but it is the first time I have come across it. It is called
> MCRYPT, and is distributed by a company called Digital
> Crypto as shareware.
>
> What puzzles me is that encryption is very fast - less than 2
> minutes for a 40k text file using a 250 digit key - but
> decryption is _glacial_ - over 3 hours for the same file on
> the same PC.
>
> If anyone is interested in looking at this, you may find it
> on a BBS near you - if not drop me a note and I'll email it
> to you. I believe I can email it to addresses in the States,
> but once there, it may not be exported again...
>
>
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Could you e-mail this to me please. I guess it would be uuencoded. So send
away. Thanks.
Manolo
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!convex!darwin.sura.net!wupost!news.miami.edu!rcf.rsmas.miami.edu!SILVIA From: silvia@rcf.rsmas.miami.edu Subject: Re: mc100.zip (mcrypt) Message-ID: <1992Oct15.002047.8852@news.miami.edu> Sender: news@news.miami.edu (USENET News System) Reply-To: silvia@rcf.rsmas.miami.edu Organization: RSMAS References: <1992Oct13.864.271@ALMAC> Distribution: sci Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 00:20:47 GMT Lines: 34