Strongest Key, Hash, and Cypher Algorithms

Atom Smasher atom at smasher.org
Mon Feb 7 23:53:44 CET 2005


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On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Wesley Tabadore wrote:

> This is great information!  Can you provide such an analysis for 
> TWOFISH?
>
> How about for the asymmetric algorithms supported by GPG?
>
> There is so much data to sort through out there, it is difficult to come 
> up with the consise explanations and feedback you have given thus far. 
> Would really apreciate more on the other options.  :-)
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i'm flattered that you like it so much, but i'm not a cryptographer. 
although i have a good understanding of the protocols i actually suck 
really bad at the math.

most of the information is out there, although a lot of it is dated.

i guess you could start here -
 	The PGP Attack FAQ
 	http://www.stack.nl/~galactus/remailers/attack-faq.html

 	PGP DH vs. RSA FAQ
 	http://www.scramdisk.clara.net/pgpfaq.html

 	Practical Attacks on PGP
 	http://www.privacy.com.au/pgpatk.html

 	http://atom.smasher.org/links/#crypto

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