RSA_OR_IDEA

[Janusz A. Urbanowicz]

On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 12:59:03PM -0500, Atom 'Smasher' wrote:
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> while browsing through the status-fd section of DETAILS i noticed 
> RSA_OR_IDEA:
>         The IDEA algorithms has been used in the data.  A program might
> 	want to fallback to another program to handle the data if GnuPG
> 	failed.  This status message used to be emitted also for RSA but
> 	this has been dropped after the RSA patent expired.  However we
> 	can't change the name of the message.
> 
> with the release of 1.4 looming, is this the time to change 
> the RSA_OR_IDEA status keyword to just IDEA?

Mhm, which part of: "This status message used to be emitted also for RSA but
this has been dropped after the RSA patent expired.  However we can't change
the name of the message." you didn't understand? Hint: backwards
compatibility.

Alex
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