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

[Oskar Sandberg]

On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 10:23:55AM -0400, Tavin Cole wrote:
> On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 04:12:23PM +0200, Oskar Sandberg wrote:
< > 
> > So one step forward and one step back then...
> 
> Well, we could just encrypt Metadata-length, but I thought a more
> general container for Client-data would be more useful (for example,
> allowing us to not put the crypto key stuff at the beginning of the
> document itself).

So moderately better, but still shy of the best option (one less Storable)
IMHO...

> > Where did you get 42 from? It becomes at least (2 + 18 + 8) * 2 as far as
> > I can tell...
> 
> I was in binary, not hex-strings.  2+16+8 == 26 for the default crypto key
> size.  2+32+8 == 42 for the current maximum.

Well you have to make it hex in the field, so 84 then...

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