GnuPG Defaults

[Robert J. Hansen]

Kevin Hilton wrote:
> Would not this output seem to imply the key was generated with
> preference for the AES family over 3DES?

No.

The preferences on a key are actually not very preferential.  It's a
capability list far more than it is a preference list.  The fact AES
comes before CAST5 matters very little.

personal-cipher-preferences is what you're thinking of.  This gets set
in the gpg.conf file, not on your key.