Selecting cipher to generate a key pair

Faramir faramir.cl at gmail.com
Sat May 2 02:34:50 CEST 2009


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John W. Moore III escribió:
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> Riddle Me this, Robert; _if_ "The Customer" has a requirement that 3DES
> must be used [and they are associating it with their Key] then wouldn't
> this mean that the *only* preference broadcast by their Key is 3DES?  If
> this is the case then wouldn't GPG automatically select this cipher
> algorithm by default as the only compatible one between the two parties?

  Yes, I was thinking the same thing... But don't forget the customer
can handle Blowfish too (but GPG can handle it too, so the question
remains the same).

  Best Regards
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