Difference between revisions of "Talk:Enc"
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| + | "Use this flag to enable zlib-compression. After a file is encrypted (and maybe base64 encoded) it will be compressed via zlib. Vice versa while decrypting, zlib will be applied first." | ||
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| + | I think this happens the other way around. Doesn't compression occur '''before''' encryption, or '''after''' decryption? It doesn't make sense to do it the other way around - after encryption the data will appear indistinguishable from random data, and therefore should not have any appreciable ability to be compressed. | ||
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| + | --[[User:Matt|Matt]] 12:17, 5 July 2013 (UTC) | ||
Revision as of 12:17, 5 July 2013
Rarely Used -K option
"This is rarely used, normally you specify a password from which a key is derived."
Is this true? Does it not depend fairly heavily on your use case? Just not sure what the basis for this statement is.
--Matt 21:39, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
Probably you are right. Its a biased statement. I'll change it.
--Frukto 07:27, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Zlib compression
"Use this flag to enable zlib-compression. After a file is encrypted (and maybe base64 encoded) it will be compressed via zlib. Vice versa while decrypting, zlib will be applied first."
I think this happens the other way around. Doesn't compression occur before encryption, or after decryption? It doesn't make sense to do it the other way around - after encryption the data will appear indistinguishable from random data, and therefore should not have any appreciable ability to be compressed.
--Matt 12:17, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
