About my prefered settings...

[Robert J. Hansen]

Faramir wrote:
> But now, I would like to know what cipher algorithms, hash function and
> compression I am using... and of course, I don't know how to know it. Is
> there a way to know, by looking at my public key (or sending some
> command to gpg), what is my preferred settings?

The best way is to take a look at a message you've already sent someone,
but this time use the "-v" ("verbose") flag.  Using it twice will give
more detail.  E.g.:

gpg --verbose --verbose my_encrypted_file.asc

It'll give you more data than you can shake a stick at.