Rsa or Rsa Legacy with PGP 7.0

Len Sassaman rabbi@abditum.com
Mon Oct 14 11:09:10 2002


On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, David Shaw wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 12:25:55AM -0100, Josep M. wrote:
>
> > I would like know if GNUPG supports "RSA" pgp keys of PGP 7.0 or
> > MUST be created as "RSA Legacy".
>
> It supports both.  However, regular RSA (not "legacy") is a better key
> type to use unless you must be compatible with very old PGP programs.

"Very old" in this context means any version of PGP prior to 7.0,
including 6.5.8.


--Len.