Stephen Braithwaite wrote:
> I am a programmer, and would like to add AES to available encryptions, which
> currently is mostly only blowfish.
> Would such an addition be welcome?
> Would such a patch contributed by me be acceptable?
> Or are there good reasons why VIM should have only blowfish, and the
> original encryption available in VIM which is known to be broken, and
> whose name I have forgotten?
The older encryption is what Zip uses. It's not broken, but it is a
weak encryption. Although in theory the key could be figured out, I have
nobody seen do it.
I think it is good to add one more ecryption method. So that when one is
found unreliable, users can switch to the other one immediately.
We should have a good review of the iplementation. It's easy to make a
small mistake that takes away most of the secrecy.
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