Damian Menscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Brian May wrote: >> While there are pros and cons in both methods, I have to wonder >> what you need to encrypt files for. For most applications, >> asymmetric encryption is better. > No, for most applications, symmetric encryption is better. It is > stronger, faster, more standardized, better tested, etc. The > asymmetric methods often use asymmetric encryption only to encrypt a > key for a symmetric algorithm.
Umm... As you state, most applications asymmetric only for the key and symmetric for data. How come you still consider symmetric encryption to be faster? > That said, you might still consider using pgp, as I believe it has > the ability to do symmetric encryption. As does gpg. And, of course, I would use free software whenever possible. Suonpää...