number for blowfish algorithm
Werner Koch
wk at isil.d.shuttle.de
Mon Jan 12 11:43:30 CET 1998
I use a value of 42 for Blowfish with 160 bit; OpenPGP only defines Blowfish
with 128 bit key. I asked Lutz Donnerhacke, wether it is possible to add
a new constant for this, but he said no.
So what can I do? Use a value from 100-110 which are reserved for
experimental algorithms or just continue with 42?
Any opinions wether the way PGP modifies CFB mode really enhances security?
I couldn't find any positive answer to this in literature.
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Werner Koch, Duesseldorf - werner.koch at guug.de - PGP keyID: 0C9857A5
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