Re: ...before Radix-64 layer and Compression Algorithms?

From: Mxsmanic (mxsmanic_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/01/03 

Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 12:21:30 +0200

MacGregor K. Phillips writes:

> Looking at the source code for PGP 6.58 for windows it uses the Inflate
> compression algorithm which is the same one used for ZIP files.

Is that a cryptographically sound algorithm?

> Whether they use the same headers as ZIP files I do not
> know because I did not dig into the code that much.

A crucial question! 

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