MDC & Symmetric

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David Shaw dshaw@jabberwocky.com wrote:
> 
> On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 11:30:58AM +0000, Aurelio Turco wrote:
> > Does gpg's symmetric encryption also benefit from
> > MDC (Modification Detection Code)?
> 
> Yes.  Since unlike PK encryption, there is no way to tell if the
> recepient can handle it, it is off by default.  You usually need to
> turn it on via --force-mdc.

>  It is on by default on all of the >128bit ciphers.
> David

so this includes 3DES (it's 168 bit) and excludes AES128? ;->>
no,
this is default for all ciphers with blocksize >= 128bits:
AES128/192/256 and Twofish.

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