gcry_cipher_setkey(h,k,l)

Timo Schulz twoaday@freakmail.de
Mon, 22 Apr 2002 21:17:55 +0200


On Mon Apr 22 2002; 19:52, Rüdiger Sonderfeld wrote:

> > digest) is derrived from the passphrase. So you don't need to remember
> > the randomly chosen key.
> 
> Okay I think I understand it now. But isn't there the danger of 
> cracking the encrypted passphrase?

There is no encrypted passphrase. But it's possible that somebody
crack the passphrase with a dictionary attack. Then he could decrypt
the encrypted session key...


        Timo