PGP algorithms versus gnupg algs.

Nick Andriash Nick Andriash <andriash@home.com>
Sun Apr 22 17:50:02 2001


On April 22, 2001, at 7:00:50 AM, Werner Koch wrote:

WK> Rijndael-256 (aka AES-256) is supported but IMO you are wasting
WK> precious random bytes by using it.  There is currently no need for
WK> 256bit keys except for marketing reasons.

Ok, thanks for clarifying that for me Werner... much appreciated. :o)


Nick

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