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Re: PGP3.0 & ElGamal



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.

-derek