On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Samuli Suonpaa wrote: > 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?
I'm afraid I don't understand your question... but hopefully this question will help you understand: Why do you think the asymmetric algorithms are really just wrappers around a symmetric algorithm? (Answer: because the symmetric method is faster!) Damian Menscher -- --==## Grad. student & Sys. Admin. @ U. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ##==-- --==## <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.uiuc.edu/~menscher/ Ofc:(217)333-0038 ##==-- --==## Physics Dept, 1110 W Green, Urbana IL 61801 Fax:(217)333-9819 ##==--
