Export secret key from WinXP (GnuPG) 1.4.7 to AIX PGP Version 6.5.8 gives Bad Pass Phrase

[rlively]

I need help reconciling the two responses below.  I am still going to get a
test file encrypted/decrypted using GPG 1.4.7 with the owner of said key
just to see how it goes, but that might take a while, and I need to improve
my general understanding of this entire process and all of the software
involved anyway.


rlively wrote:
> 
> 
> One of our contacts uses this key:
> > Cipher: IDEA
> > 
> > Even though they key specifies Cipher: IDEA, are you saying that we
> should
> > be able to encrypt to this public key just fine with the latest
> veresion of
> > GnuPG, unless that contact is stuck using legacy PGP 2.x?
> >
> > If they use a newer version of PGP or GnuPG we should be fine?

> 


David Shaw wrote:
> 
> 

> Yes.  Even though the key specifies IDEA as a cipher, modern OpenPGP
> systems (GPG or PGP) will both use 3DES as an alternative if they do
> not have IDEA.
> 
> > If they use a newer version of PGP or GnuPG we should be fine?
> 
> Yes.
> 

> 


Robert J. Hansen-3 wrote:
> 
> 
This is a PGP 2.6 key, unfortunately. 
> 
> > If they use a newer version of PGP or GnuPG we should be fine?
> 
> He is not.  There are two different internet standards for PGP.  The
> first one, called RFC1991, dates to the early '90s.  The second one,
> called RFC4880, was only officially released a few months ago.  The two
> standards are not interchangeable, and RFC4880 brings many more
> capabilities to the table.
> 
> GnuPG is an RFC4880 application.  PGP 2.6 is RFC1991.  The two are
> generally incompatible.
> 

> 
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