> When encrypting a plaintext source, is there a way to predict the size of > the ciphertext output? I'm sure this depends on the cipher used, as well if > compression or hashing algos are used.
The short answer is "yes," but it's hard to give a more precise answer without knowing a lot of specifics. For instance, assuming you're running AES in ECB mode, your ciphertext will be of size ceil(size/16)*16. Running 3DES in CBC mode, your ciphertext will be of size (ceil(size/8)+1)*8. Etc., etc. For any given encryption algorithm and operation mode the output size is well-defined, but it's hard to give general answers for how it's computed. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
