🚀 go-pugleaf

I just confirmed that DES does indeed do 8 bit binary encryptions.
Flame off.  Chill.          

Part of the reason why I started this was due to the fact that all
the varient software I have with DES does only ASCII.

It still doesn't fix the other problems that I've been harping
on DES for:

1)  Slow
2)  It is on the verge of becoming commonly crackable.
    (okay, everyone will flame this, since everything seems to
     be more rumor than naught but since I'm sure this discussion
     has been chewed to death, lets not get into that now.)

If RSA is significantly faster than DES, I'd drop this whole project.

Please be patient with me, I'm spending lots of time and have very
little resources to delve into the subject.  Someone suggested
taking "classes" on cryptography.  Sorry, no such classes are taught
within 200 miles of where I live.  I've ordered some books on
encryption which should arrive at the regional library within a
few months.  Research machines for me include a Prime 4150, my
386 at home, and the FSF machines.  

Sorry to be a slow wheel.  I just see a problem I would like to fix
and I don't care WHAT encryption method I use as long as it fits
my requirements.  I'd rather see something done right the first time,
and mostly I'd just like it see it done.

--  Eric Knight, "Programmer at Large"