add condensed description of the changes in merge-all branch

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Thomas Waldmann 2015-03-22 14:56:22 +01:00
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Stuff in merge-all and not in merge minus minor changes:
added tuning docs
attic init --compression NN --cipher NN --mac NN ...
(see attic init --help)
new hashes: sha512_256
ghash (default)
new MACs: hmac-sha512-256
gmac (default)
new ciphers: aes256-ctr + hmac-sha512-256
aes256-gcm (default)
new compression: no compression (default)
zlib level 1..9 (previously, level 6 was hardcoded)
lzma preset 0..9
source: more flexible type 0x03 header format, allowing to give hash algo,
compression algo and level, encryption algo, key type.
source: less hardcoding, numeric offsets / lengths
source: flexible hashing, compression, encryption, key dispatching