pgp2 support for gnupg

Werner Koch wk at isil.d.shuttle.de
Thu Jun 11 09:40:50 CEST 1998


Matthew Skala <mskala at ansuz.sooke.bc.ca> writes:

> interface, i.e. will it automatically use GPG cyphers when talking to
> people with GPG keys and PGP cyphers when talking to people with those

Yes.  The real problem with a pgp2 emulation is that gnupg must make
use of temporary files (for encrypting and signing) and that is something
I really don't like but have to do.

> old cyphers, then we can probably convince the operators of the cypherpunk
> remailer system to switch to GPG.  That would be good in many ways.

Better rewrite the scripts and use the new features.


Werner





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