Looking for Elgamal sign+encrypt key information

Atom 'Smasher' atom-gpg at suspicious.org
Mon Mar 15 23:28:19 CET 2004


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> >Note that the upcoming revision to the OpenPGP standard does
> >not include Elgamal signatures.
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looks like the latest draft doesn't really encourage RSA....

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-openpgp-rfc2440bis-09.txt

    Implementations MUST implement DSA for signatures, and ElGamal for
    encryption. Implementations SHOULD implement RSA keys.
    Implementations MAY implement any other algorithm.

so, if one were to make an RSA-only key, that key would not be strictly
openPGP compliant? one would have to add an ElGamal subkey, for full
compliance?

in that case, what would be a good way (or ways) to force the sender to
use the RSA encryption key, and only use the ElGamal encryption key if RSA
isn't supported on their end?


        ...atom

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