Blowfish is reportedly faster, that is according to Dave Paris (the author
of DES and Blowfish). It's also a MUCH stronger encryption (DES can use
up to an 8 bit hash key, Blowfish can use a 56 bit key).
BWSD Hostmaster wrote:
>
> As far as speed of retrieval and transmittal of info back and forth, during
> the registration/transfer process, which is faster
>
> Blowfish or DES?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
> Hostmaster [Beck Web Servers & Design]
> mailto:hostmaster@bwsd.com
> ================================
--Charles Daminato OpenSRS Technical Operations chuck@opensrs.org
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