Recovery of PCSECURE files and bogus GnuPG algorithms

[Brian M. Carlson]

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On Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 05:14:25AM +0100, john clark wrote:
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>=20
> > #--------------------
> > default-key jed
> > load-extension tiger
> > cipher-algo twofish
> > digest-algo tiger192
> > #--------------------

This is the issue. Loading tiger isn't a problem, but forcing it above
all others is. It cannot even be used, because it is too big for DSA and
it won't work with RSA and ElGamal because it doesn't have a proper
ASN.1 OID. Signing with tiger is a bad idea (I like it too, but everyone
has to give some things up). Try RIPEMD160 instead. Also, forcing
twofish may not work on older PGPs. Try --pgp6. What your friend may be
trying to do may better be accomplished with --default-preference-list
and --personal-{cipher,digest,compress}-preferences.

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