Re: Proposed new package
| From: | Derick Rethans | Date: | Sun, 16 Feb 2003 20:18:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Proposed new package | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.pear.dev |
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On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Tim Thorpe wrote:
> Attached is a package that implements DES, both as a native processor
> and as a wrapper for libmcrypt. I believe I've taken all of the
> necessary formatting steps for PEAR compliance. I am placing this
> package up for review by this list with the intent of acquiring a PEAR
> account. Thank you.
Did you benchmark this? Encryption algorithms are best handled in C, PHP
is just too slow for it. And why would you want to add wrappers around
mcrypt, to slow it down too?
Derick
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