Re: [freenet-devl] Document structure, storables, Metadata-length

[Adam Langley]

On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 02:50:36AM -0400, Tavin Cole wrote:
> #1: decrypts to --
>         Metadata-length=<hex>
>         Symmetric-key=<hex>
>         End
> #2: decrypts to --
>         <2 bytes crypto key length><crypto key><8 bytes metadata length>
> 
> Either way we can pad it to a decent length by repeating some hash
> function of the data.

I'd go with #2 - just keep it simple. Why do you need 8 bytes of
metadata length by the way? 32 bits would do ;) Unless you have a use
for 18446744073709551616 bytes of metadata.

AGL

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