Timing test of GnuPG and old PGP

[Ryan Malayter]

> From: Hunter, Bryan
> Subject: Timing test of GnuPG and old PGP

> A timing of a simple encryption of a large (327MB) file 
> showed that GnuPG
> took 2 1/2 times longer than an old PGP program.  Is this an expected
> typical result?

Maybe. What version was the "old" PGP? What symmetric cipher did you use
with each program? Perhaps GnuPG used Triple-DES, which is much slower
than the IDEA and CAST algorithms that were the default in older PGP
programs. You can change your kep preferences to use AES, CAST, or some
other speedy cipher with GnuPG.

I assume you eliminated the obvious possibilities for the slowness:
other system activity, file system fragmentation, etc.

Regards,
	Ryan