On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Charles Steinkuehler wrote:

<snip>
> Yeah, I think it's pretty big, plus I believe most of these packages require
> openssl and other huge add-ons to run.  The basics of public-key
> cryptography, however, are pretty simple, so I think it'd be possible to
> make a small (a few K, perhaps) binary that would simply calculate and
> verify signatures, as long as there arn't too many various options to deal
> with (ie no cert chains, or fancy stuff, just plain-old crypto signing).
>
[jack@felix jack]$ ll /usr/bin/gpg
-rwsr-sr-x    1 root     root       611132 May 30  2001 /usr/bin/gpg*
[jack@felix jack]$ ll /usr/bin/gpgv
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       283932 May 30  2001 /usr/bin/gpgv*

pretty hefty for a floppy, but not bad for CD.
-- 
Jack Coates
Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...


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