From: Brian Smyth <smythb@...>
Date: 2003-01-24T05:31:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Missing libraries??

* Robert Feldt (feldt@ce.chalmers.se) wrote:
> I disagree if it only contains symmetric ciphers according to
> http://mcrypt.hellug.gr/.

Agreed, only symmetric ciphers are available in that library. Do you see
any glaring omissions in libmcrypt?

> I have RSA, DSA and ElGamal in pure Ruby. I haven't compared to pure-c
> implementations since assymetric ciphers are used "seldomly" compared to
> symmetric ciphers so the advantage of having pure-Ruby implementation
> outweighs disadvantage of speed, in many situations.

Very good point.

> Having symmetric ciphers (AES, Blowfish et al) in pure Ruby would be
> almost meaningless imho...

That's what I had figured, but I hadn't seen any hard numbers.
 
> I can pack this up and submit to RAA if there is any interest.

I'd love to see those.

Brian
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