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Why aren't the modes stored as binary?
– Random832
Commented Sep 1, 2016 at 5:42
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@Random832: Probably because it would result in a minimal performance improvement to the expense of the clarity.
– antonio
Commented Sep 1, 2016 at 21:50
OpenSSL 1.0.2o 27 Mar 2018: openssl:Error: 'zlib' is an invalid command. Which version are you using?
– Tom Hale
Commented Sep 12, 2018 at 6:28
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@Random832 Also zlib probably can do a great job of compressing modes, while the random hashes are both much longer and harder to compress (I guess they would require much larger dictionary compared to modes).
– Sebi
Commented Sep 6, 2019 at 18:17

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