Weak encryption keys

[Vincent Pelletier]

On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 20:20:02 -0500, Jacob Bachmeyer <jcb62281 at gmail.com> wrote:
> There are two keys involved here:  a PGP private key that is stored 
> encrypted under a symmetric key.  It appears that that symmetric key has 
> been found to be weak.  If an attacker can obtain the encrypted blob and 
> crack the symmetric encryption, the PGP key would be divulged.

Oh, blowfish is the symetric one. My bad, I so,ehow thought it was the
asymmetric key which was weak.

As you say, it does not really change the conclusion, but thanks a lot
for the correction.

Regards,
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Vincent Pelletier
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