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Article #2789Re: Another well-intentioned novice's question
From: Phil Karn
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 18:45
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 18:45
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In article <1993Jan05.160811.29681@rchland.ibm.com> lwloen@rchland.vnet.ibm.com writes: >But, an illuminating one, I think. I claim, still, that compression should >be done as an economy-of-transmission move and not a security move, per se. And an economy-of-CPU move too. Most compression algorithms, although somewhat CPU-intensive, are still less so than most encryption algorithms when implemented in software. So if you compress and then encrypt you may actually take many fewer cycles than if you just encrypt. Phil
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!crcnis1.unl.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!network.ucsd.edu!qualcom.qualcomm.com!servo.qualcomm.com!karn From: karn@servo.qualcomm.com (Phil Karn) Subject: Re: Another well-intentioned novice's question Message-ID: <1993Jan5.184500.29800@qualcomm.com> Sender: news@qualcomm.com Nntp-Posting-Host: servo.qualcomm.com Organization: Qualcomm, Inc References: <1993Jan04.051300.26089@rat.csc.calpoly.edu> <cfG9faf0Bwwb4F5T9z@transarc.com> <1993Jan05.160811.29681@rchland.ibm.com> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 18:45:00 GMT Lines: 11