gpg: protection algorithm 254 is not supported
Pilkington, Christopher J.
cpilkington@ghi.com
Tue Oct 1 22:09:02 2002
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I've read what caused this error under 1.0.6 when exporting a key from
1.0.7. But why is it happening under 1.2.0?
Am I doing something bizarre? What is with the IDEA message? I don't use
IDEA.
Christopher
C:\###############################>gpg --default-key 403fb2a7 --clearsign
gpg: protection algorithm 254 is not supported
gpg: the IDEA cipher plugin is not present
gpg: please see http://www.gnupg.org/why-not-idea.html for more information
gpg: no default secret key: unknown cipher algorithm
gpg: [stdin]: clearsign failed: unknown cipher algorithm
C:\###############################>gpg --version
gpg (GnuPG) 1.2.0
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for details.
Home: C:/GnuPG
Supported algorithms:
Pubkey: RSA, RSA-E, RSA-S, ELG-E, DSA, ELG
Cipher: 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, AES, AES192, AES256, TWOFISH
Hash: MD5, SHA1, RIPEMD160
Compress: Uncompressed, ZIP, ZLIB
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I've read what caused this error under 1.0.6 when =
exporting a key from 1.0.7. But why is it happening under =
1.2.0?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Am I doing something bizarre? What is with the =
IDEA message? I don't use IDEA.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Christopher</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>C:\###############################>gpg =
--default-key 403fb2a7 --clearsign</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>gpg: protection algorithm 254 is not =
supported</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>gpg: the IDEA cipher plugin is not present</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>gpg: please see <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.gnupg.org/why-not-idea.html" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.gnupg.org/why-not-idea.html</A> for more =
information</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>gpg: no default secret key: unknown cipher =
algorithm</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>gpg: [stdin]: clearsign failed: unknown cipher =
algorithm</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>C:\###############################>gpg =
--version</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>gpg (GnuPG) 1.2.0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, =
Inc.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO =
WARRANTY.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>This is free software, and you are welcome to =
redistribute it</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for =
details.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Home: C:/GnuPG</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Supported algorithms:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Pubkey: RSA, RSA-E, RSA-S, ELG-E, DSA, ELG</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Cipher: 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, AES, AES192, AES256, =
TWOFISH</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Hash: MD5, SHA1, RIPEMD160</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Compress: Uncompressed, ZIP, ZLIB</FONT>
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