Re: PGP3.0 & ElGamal

[Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>]

On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, Derek Atkins wrote:

> hi,
> 
> > > Also I understand, though there appears to be no available
> > > documentation saying as much, that pgp3.0 will not use RSA, nor IDEA,
> > > nor MD5, using instead El Gamal for public key encryption and
> > > signatures, 3DES (unsure?), and SHA1.
> > 
> > Can someone confirm that PGP3.0 will use ElGamal?
> 
> The PGP 3.0 code that I've been working on has support for:
> 	IDEA, 3DES
> 	MD5, SHA1
> 	RSA, DSS, ElGamal
> 
> It does not discontinue support for the PGP 2.6.2 algorithms.  It adds
> support for new ones.

Absolutely outstanding.

> 
> -derek
> 

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