[delphizip] Re: New format - encryption
- From: "James Turner" <james.d.h.turner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <delphizip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 11:58:14 -0000
Given the current political climate (terrorists, mafia, etc) I don't think
it would be wise to put too much effort into encryption. What is required is
to leave room for encyrption to be bolted on cleanly. (The zip format uses a
clever fudge.) Therefore I would suggest simply defining three extra fields
in the headers being
16bit word : Encryption type
16bit word : Length of encryption key block
variable length : The encryption key block.
This approach should allow any reasonable encryption method to be defined
and integrated at a later date.
-- James Turner
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