Diffie-Hellman

Andrew McDonald andrew@mcdonald.org.uk
Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:45:39 +0000


On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 10:40:56AM -0600, Wayne Davis wrote:

> I'm working with a client who claims they only deal with DH. I've been
> looking through the docs and don't see anything that specifically says
> anything about DH. Does GPG deal with DH?
> If so, how would I make GPG generate my public key using DH?
Yes, gnupg does deal with what PGP calls 'Diffie-Hellman', except it more correctly calls it 'ElGamal', since that is what it is. A DSS/DH (DSS/ElG) key is default when you are generating a key with gnupg. Andrew -- Andrew McDonald E-mail: andrew@mcdonald.org.uk http://www.mcdonald.org.uk/andrew/ -- Archive is at http://lists.gnupg.org - Unsubscribe by sending mail with a subject of "unsubscribe" to gnupg-users-request@gnupg.org