[hcb@nikotel.com: Re: gnupg & RIPE DB]

[Hielke Christian Braun]

On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 09:25:45AM -0000, Andrew Bell wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Hielke Christian Braun wrote:
> 
> >> last week i tried to use gnupg in combination with the RIPE
> >> whois Database to protect my entries there. Everthing worked
> >> fine until i sent a signed email to the RIPE robot, which then
> >> stombled about the line:
> >> Hash: SHA1
> >
> >A lot of these systems only work in combination with pgp 2.x. Perhaps
> that's
> >the case here too?
> 
> Sounds more like RIPE whois only supports RSA keys.

Yes, that's true. They only support DSS/Diffie-Hellman and RSA 
algorithms. But i thought gnupg would support that too. Is there
a way to make it compatible? 

Kind regards,
	Hielke Christian Braun

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