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Re: TO COMPRESS OR NOT TO CMPRS (please reply)

EKR <ekr@terisa.com> Wed, 19 February 1997 17:54 UTC

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Subject: Re: TO COMPRESS OR NOT TO CMPRS (please reply)
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 09:47:37 -0800
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> At 09:22 AM 2/19/97 -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> >I see you haven't heard of SSL, eh?
> 
> I am very aware of SSL (and it provides support for compressing prior to
> encrypting).
Well, sort of:

There is a socket for compression to be plugged into. There are
no defined compression plugs (other than null) and I don't expect
there to be any for some time.

-Ekr

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