Encryption and Compression woes
Encryption and Compression woes
- Subject: Encryption and Compression woes
- From: Graham Wihlidal <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 20:14:37 -0600
Hey list,
I would be so grateful if I could get some help on this seemingly
never-ending quest. I have not been able to solve this problem for what
seems 4 months now.
I need a cross platform compression and encryption method for both a
Cobalt Linux RaQ server with a MIPS processor, as well as a solution for
OS X and PB
The solution would have to be C so that both the server I have created
(C) and the client (mixture of C and Obj-C) could call it
I have worked with nearly every encryption algorithm (I like BlowFish
the most) but I can never encrypt text on OS X, send it across a socket
to the server, and decrypt it. I looked into the Big and Little endian
dilemas and have tried nearly every implementation available to no
luck. I would be SO grateful if someone could send some code my way. :)
Another problem of the same calibre is string compression to minimize
socket use. I would like to use Zlib, but:
a) I don't know how to use Zlib in C (I know OS X has it installed) - an
example would be great!
b) I don't know if the high ascii characters would be able to be
decrypted serverside
Again, I would be SO grateful if someone could help me out and end my
torment! :)
What about other algorithms that have worked?
Thanks in advance,
Graham Wihlidal