[gnupg-users] Preferred hash algorithm when signing

[Laurent Jumet]

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Hello Mika !

Mika Suomalainen <mkaysi at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

>> I've made various test and I've realized that the hash algorithm
>> when signing is always SHA1, ignoring the preferred one. This
>> doesn't happen when I encrypt+sign.

> How have you set the preferrance? For me my preferrance seems to
> always be used.

    It primary depends on the lenghth of the main (signing) key.
    If main key is 1024, he cannot sign with SHA256; he can sign with a 
RIPEMD160 but not higher, and other preferences are ignored.

- -- 
Laurent Jumet
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