On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 12:08:18 +0200, Erlend Aasland said:
> On 09/05/03 07:34, David S. Miller wrote:

> > When you see names like "md5" and parameters such as "digestsize"
> > listed, do you really have no clue that it is a "digest"?  :-)
> Good point.

On the flip side, it makes it possible for an *AUTOMATED* process to search for
appropriate types of entries.  So for instance, a GUI can say "The following
3 digest functions are available, please choose one" or "The following 4 symmetric
encryptions are available".....