PGP algorithms versus gnupg algs.

Florian Weimer fw@deneb.enyo.de
Sat Apr 21 12:29:01 2001


Fabio Roccatagliata <rocca@disi.unige.it> writes:


> What are the not patented algorithms used by gnupg ? And how they work ?
Most cryptographic algorithms which can be used with OpenPGP infringe some patents in some countries (except RSA in the US, where the patent has expired last year, and Rijndeal/AES). Fortunately, only the IDEA patent seems to be enforced actively, so GnuPG provides most (if not all) OpenPGP algorithms except IDEA.