1.07 RSA support questions
Larry Ellis
Larry_C_Ellis@hotmail.com
Mon Jun 3 16:32:02 2002
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Two questions about legacy RSA support under 1.07:
1. When encrypting to a legacy RSA key, I get 3DES, not IDEA, as my =
cipher choice even though the IDEA plugin is installed. I have no =
cipher override in the options file, though at one time I *did* have =
3DES there... Of course, if --pgp2 is used, IDEA *is* used as expected. =
Perhaps I should place --pgp2 in my options file? Are there any =
disadvantages to doing so?
2. Is it normal for an RSA key gen to build a signature-only style key? =
Why? I can add a subkey for encryption, but why would I want to do =
this? I know RSA is not the preferred choice for GPG, but I'm curious =
if this is the intended behavior.
Thanks for responding...
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Two questions about legacy RSA support =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1. When encrypting to a =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2. Is it normal for an RSA key gen to =
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signature-only style key? Why? I can add a subkey for =
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but why would I want to do this? I know RSA is not the preferred =
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for GPG, but I'm curious if this is the intended behavior.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks for responding...</FONT></DIV>
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