On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 03:37:09PM -0700, Xin Li wrote: > On 09/11/12 14:52, David O'Brien wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 02:22:15PM -0700, Xin Li wrote: > > > Hmm, but this sha256 run will turn the output to 65 bytes (hex > > > representation of 256 bits of hash output, 64 bytes, and one \n), > > > so, only 256 bits of random data, is that intentional? ... > > You suggested gzip, but I just don't know enough about compression > > algorithms as they apply in this area to know if we should use > > gzip instead or not. > > I don't think I know enough here, unfortunately...
Since I cannot justify using gzip, I'm keeping the sha256 in my patch. I am not opposed to someone else changing that to gzip. -- -- David ([email protected]) _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-rc To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
