unsubcribe -----Original Message----- From: snacktime [mailto:snacktime / gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 10:32 AM To: ruby-talk ML Subject: Re: asymmetric encryption options > > Well, ElGamal (basically a variation on Diffie-Hellman key agreement), > but then again having implemented both ElG and RSA on various > platforms myself I don't see ElG as being significantly simpler than > RSA (both still require modular exponentiation of large numbers). > What's the big problem with RSA? > > The openssl implementation won't encrypt a block larger then the size of the key. I think I will just stick with my current approach though, as it seems to be the path of least resistance, and the performance is acceptable.