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From: "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Blowfish reliability
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:11:40 -0700
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On 7/24/2025 1:03 PM, Rich wrote:
> Chax Plore <nznmrqmrxr@qazk.bet> wrote:
>>
>> Someone rescaled Blowfish to 128-bit blocks:
>>
>> https://alexpukall.github.io/blowfish2/blowfish2-gcc.txt
>>
>> But the memory print of this version is monstrous.
> 
> Can you quantify "monstrous"?  Just how big is that?

Big enough to make people say this is a scary part in a horror movie? 
Say dead space? Well, I am jesting here. Not sure how to quantify 
"monstrous"... Sigh. ;^o