Compatibility

Thu, 13 Apr 2000 12:44:43 -0700 (PDT)

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On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Jean Claude Wishard wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone can tell me if NAI 6.5.2 pgp  is compatible with

> gnupg 1.0.0.  I am trying to encrypt files with gnupg on a linux server and

> send them to a nt machine with NAI 6.5.2 pgp.  It seems like there

> incompatible because the nt machine is having trouble decrypting the files.

> Anyone have any advice?

Be sure you are using a cipher that both products can understand. 3DES is
the most logical, since it is required by RFC 2440. CAST is the default
cipher in PGP, and Blowfish in GnuPG. PGP does not implement Blowfish, so
this is most likely your problem.

- --Len. 

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