This patch implements the facilities needed to compress data before
encryption as allowed (and recommended) by RFC 4880. The new
functionality is then used to add support for compressing data during
symmetric encryption (openpgp.SymmetricallyEncrypt()).
For now, compression defaults to off. Also, only the ZIP and ZLIB
compression schemes are supported by this patch.
Resulting output tested/verified using GPG.
https://gist.github.com/marete/6189760 is a small program that can be
used to test that the output of various compression/encryption settings
can be read by GPG or other RFC 4880 programs.
Upon review, I will follow this patch with 2 others: a) Add support for compression during public key encryption (openpgp.Encrypt()) b) Enable
compression by default (subject to the restrictions of the "Compression Preferences" section in RFC 4880).
R=golang-dev, agl
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/12685044
Tested using a variety of files encrypted with gpg and the
"--compress-algo BZIP2" gpg option.
R=golang-dev, bradfitz, agl
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/10801043
Manual edits to README.
Moved from main Go repository, deleted Makefiles, ran gofix -r go1rename.
Tested with: go test code.google.com/p/go.crypto/...
R=golang-dev, bradfitz
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/5564059
Andrew Gerrand
Brian Gitonga Marete
Russ Cox