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Re: New Release: Universal Data Cryptography Module V2.0
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In list.cypherpunks, [email protected] writes:
> On Wed, 8 Jan 1997 [email protected] wrote:
>> o Processes files as large as 2,147,483,390 bytes.
>
> Why is there a limit?
It's an MS-DOS limit. The filesystem only can store a file 2^31 bytes
long, because the it stores the file size as a 32 bit signed integer.
What's interesting is that his stated limit is 258 bytes less than the
maximum file size, and his stated maximum key size is 256 bytes. Makes
a guy wonder just what's in that 258 byte header.
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Roy M. Silvernail [ ] [email protected]
DNRC Minister Plenipotentiary of All Things Confusing, Software Division
PGP Public Key fingerprint = 31 86 EC B9 DB 76 A7 54 13 0B 6A 6B CC 09 18 B6
Key available from [email protected], which works now
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