encryption algorithm

Tue Dec 17 17:02:26 CET 2013

On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 16:07, md123 at nycap.rr.com said:
> Hi!  What encryption algorithm do we use in OpenPGP

The defaults for the public key algorithm is RSA with a 2048 bits.  For
the symmentric session key the default algorithms are

    AES256, AES192, AES256, CAST5-128, 3DES

where gpg picks the best macthing one depending on the capabilities of the
recipients key. If all recipeins have new keys they will all use
AES256. ("new" is measured in years).

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