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Re: Java, Crypto and Speed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben Laurie)
Wed Jun 28 12:03:58 2000
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Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 04:52:14 +0100
From: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>
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To: Peter Wayner <pcw@flyzone.com>
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Peter Wayner wrote:
>
> Has anyone experimented with writing crypto code in Java using the
> BigInteger class? It's a nice package with plenty of neat functions,
> but I haven't played with it yet. Is it fast enough? I'm really
> curious about the speed.
Lucre uses BigInteger (currently). It is fast enough for Lucre.
Cheers,
Ben.
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