encryption algorithm

[Werner Koch]

On Wed, 18 Dec 2013 02:27, rjh at sixdemonbag.org said:

> because you just shifted to arguing that "since GnuPG defaults to
> AES-256, we need to use RSA-15000 by default otherwise the asymmetric

FWIW:

    The rationale why we use the order AES256,192,128 is
    for compatibility reasons with PGP.  If gpg would
    define AES128 first, we would get the somewhat
    confusing situation:
   
      gpg -r pgpkey -r gpgkey  ---gives--> AES256
      gpg -r gpgkey -r pgpkey  ---gives--> AES

PGP prefers AES256 for the simple reason that the marketing deptartment
told the engineering that 256 sounds stronger than 128 (according to one
of their lead developers).


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner


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