At 2002-06-27T02:42:31Z, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I guess it depends on the encryption algorithm used. DES should compress > well if represented as a stream of hex values. On the other hand you can > always represent binary data as hex.
The problem with that is that hex encoding radically increases the size of the message, so any compression will be packing of the extra bits that weren't included in the original message. -- Kirk Strauser The Strauser Group - http://www.strausergroup.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
