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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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