-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- How fast is Curve Encrypt 1.1? Here are times to encrypt and DOD Wipe a 685,557 byte file on various Macintoshes (System 7.1, booted with extensions off). Disk speed is the driver for wiping encrypted files, of course. A fast non-fragmented disk can also shave a percent or two off of encryption times (I used the fastest disk on each Mac for my tests). Otherwise, the faster your CPU, the better. Native code on PowerMacs really blazes, even on my crude development port to PowerPC. Version 1.2 of Curve Encrypt will be buildable for PowerMacs (at least using the Metrowerks compiler). Be patient, for it is coming soon to an export-controlled, Free-World-prohibited ftp site near you. Rich Machine & Disk Compiler Times (Averages over 5 encrypt operations) ------------ ------ Encrypt or Decrypt Encrypt & DOD Wipe PowerMac 8100/80 ---------------- ---------------- Quantum LPS270S Metrowerks 68k 17 23 Think C 7 (&5) 16 22 Metrowerks PPC 5 11 PowerMac 7100/66 Quantum LPS270S Metrowerks 68k 22 29 Think C 7 (&5) 20 27 Metrowerks PPC 6 13 Quadra 840AV Seagate ST11200N Metrowerks 68k 11 17 Think C 7 (&5) 10 16 Quadra 950 Seagate ST11200N Metrowerks 68k 12 18 Think C 7 (&5) 11 17 Quadra 700 Seagate ST11200N Metrowerks 68k 12 17 Think C 7 (&5) 13 18 IIfx Hitachi DK515C Metrowerks 68k 20 27 Think C 7 (&5) 21 28 Original (Think C 5) executable size: 63,454 bytes Think C 7 executable size: 63,378 bytes Metrowerks 68K executable size: 70,600 bytes Metrowerks PPC executable size: 86,978 bytes Compiler notes: The Think C 7.0.3 was upgraded from version 6 via the patches on umich and sumex-aim archives. (I'm still pissed about Symantec's $100-too-high pricing on an "upgrade" to a broken product, and won't buy a completely new copy again like I stupidly did for version 6. In fact, the only thing that keeps me using Symantec stuff at all is CMaster 2.0, from Jersey Scientific. Ahem, sorry about the rant. But get CMaster. :-) The Think C 5.0.4 was my last stable version of THINK C. The Metrowerks 68k was 1.0.1, from the CW 3.5 release The Metrowerks PPC was 1.0.1, from the CW 3.5 release -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.3a-sterno-bait iQCVAgUBLklbZ/obez3wRbTBAQGG1gQAgdrFsSJUXMbfLKdQD71Jf53JwstruOiu GFvhgDMoV09nKulKBx0UqGujNerP6p4P9mlW8vm4VA0XGIs8Ti/+gWO3oiZKLJ/O m8uVUCc5/bQcn70P5SMLNePn2piq2xTXNSgUNT+xM8u83861osuojU3hvT8OIuUW 9ObvoF2OF+w= =+Zd5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----