compress crypt foo des e k foo i have a bunch of questions about the encryption scheme referenced in the subject of this message what is the relative data privacy provided by the above sequence as compared with straight des does the addition of compression then encrypting make the cyphertext significantly harder to crack using current methods than straight des would running crypt after des provide greater data privacy is it important to remove the constant compress header before encryption thank you net for your wisdom jad john a dilley jad nsa hp com
