LZMA seems to be notably[1] faster/better than BZIP2, which has made it into the standard so I wouldn't immediately rule out its suitability for OpenPGP.
That said I don't much think it should be included. It could *replace* BZIP2 but replacing BZIP2 with LZMA would break backwards compatibility a bit, and adding it resulting in having both BZIP2 and LZMA seems a bit redundant when we've been getting along fine with just BZIP2. Back to on-topic-ness... I'd just use whatever compression scheme you want and pipe it into |gpg --compress-algo none. One tool one job :). [1] http://tukaani.org/lzma/benchmarks On 1/21/06, Ryan Malayter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/20/06, David Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's always possible for someone to add a nonstandard algorithm, but > > if you really want a particular algorithm, it's healthier to get the > > OpenPGP working group to add it officially. > > The RAR compression algorithm proprietary and closed source, so it is > not likely to make it into any standards. RARlabs has refused for > years to allow anyone else to make RAR encoders (although they exist > in violation of the RARlabs license). > > See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAR > > A much better choice would be the LZMA algorithm from 7zip, which is > open-source and unpatented. It compresses with similar efficiency and > speed to RAR. > > In any case, though, such slow-but-compact algorithms are really only > useful for archival purposes. While I have used PGP for some > archiving, this is not the most common usage of PGP, and probably not > an OpenPGP design goal. > > There are much faster file encryption tools than PGP out there. We > actually use 7zip to compress and encrypt backups for offsite storage, > as its AES implementation is so much more efficient than GnuPG's. > > > -- > RPM > ========================= > All problems can be solved by diplomacy, but violence and treachery > are equally effective, and more fun. > -Anonymous > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users > _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
