Compression & Encryption: SPRAAK can work (both input/output) seamlessly with GZIP compressed files. There is no need to explicitly decompress on input or compress on output. Usage of the '.gz' extension on output will automatically create a compressed file. On input the system will check for the existence of 'ifname.gz' if 'ifname' does not exist.
Encryption: TBD
Protocols, Sockets, Devices: Input and output can be taken from files or from any streaming connection in the system.