3DES key generation

David Shaw dshaw@jabberwocky.com
Fri Apr 18 08:26:34 2003


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On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 05:13:41PM +0200, Egon Andersen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I know that gpg can use 3DES cipher algorithm, but how do I generate the 
>  128-bit key used for this?
> 
> I can see that gpg can generate DSA and ElGamal, but I can find out how 
> to generate keys for 3DES.

GnuPG uses 3DES for session keys, so you do not need to generate
them.  They are generated automatically as needed.

David
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