Re: Crypto problems again

[Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Thu, 05 Feb 2004, larsi@gnus.org wrote:

> And here's the response from RMS:
> 
> ----------
> 
>     What's the definition of crypto code? 
> 
> I will explain how I understand the matter.  However, why ask me
> when you can learn from experts?  There must be web sites that
> explain this issue in detail.  I don't know which sites, but you can
> find them more easily than I can.

Bah, this makes no sense.  There's a clear distinction between
trivial ciphers, such as ROT-13 and the XOR cipher I put into
gnus-encrypt.el, and strong crypto.  Is Base64 crypto?  UUdecode?

Going to web sites is nice, but does not answer the questions.  I
hope RMS can assign someone specific to look at the particular issues
in Gnus instead of what he suggests above.

Considering code that wraps around a crypto program also crypto is
even stranger, IMHO.  It really complicates life needlessly.

Anyhow, I can make gnus-encrypt.el optional, and the functions it
provides can be defined as empty wrappers in gnus.el, overridden if
you explicitly load gnus-encrypt.el.  Would that be OK?

Thanks
Ted