Chris Browne schrieb: > There are other options out there that could conceivably change the > price of compression, such as: > > http://www.lzop.org/ > http://www.quicklz.com/ > > Of course, those are not as well known compression systems, and so are > not as well trusted. Maybe worth looking into, tho. LZO is pretty much rock solid. It is used in OpenVPN and supposedly was used for the communication with NASAs Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity, if that counts as trusted. regards, bkw