On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 09:24:49PM +0200, Oskar Sandberg wrote:
> > > > Steven is right about this, the extra hash is simply unnecessary.
> > > > make_key(data + padding) is fine.
> > >
> > > It doesn't really matter and it makes the code simpler with the extra hash.
> > Exactly. Otherwise you have to have a brand new make_key algorithm for
> > working with large streams of data.
>
> Yeah, we were through this. I then wrote such a method. It was four
> lines...
Well, this is how I'm doing it now:
CHK encryption key = make_key(hash(data))
i.e., NO padding.
I can't see how doing make_key(data) would make things easier, but
if people want this, I don't care.
What doesn't make sense to me is using data+padding to generate
the encryption key. It would make the code unnecessarily complicated,
without serving any purpose.
--
# tavin cole
#
# "The process of scientific discovery is, in effect,
# a continual flight from wonder."
# - Albert Einstein
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