mconahan at zixtestott.com wrote: > I created a PGP keypair using a PGPCorp desktop client, where the > key used the IDEA cipher. I then exported the public cert, and > successfully imported it into GnuPG. I then was able to encrypt a > message for the PGPCorp user, and the PGPCorp user was able to decrypt > the message with their private key. Is this expected behaviour of > GnuPG? I thought GnuPG does not support the IDEA algorithm in any > form. Could someone please shed some light on this?
but pgp later than 2.x does you're right, if it were (classic) pgp 2.x, then a gnupg encrypted message would not be decipherable by the 2.x user unless IDEA was used all pgp > 8.1 supports all algorithms that gnupg does, including blowfish, and can decipher any message encrypted using any symmetric algorithm, >One more question...how do you find out what the list of preferred >algorithms are for a public key imported into GnuPG [1] --edit-key name [2] when the command line prompts: Command> then type showpref and gnupg displays a listing of the user's preferences for that key All the Best, vedaal Concerned about your privacy? Follow this link to get secure FREE email: http://www.hushmail.com/?l=2 Free, ultra-private instant messaging with Hush Messenger http://www.hushmail.com/services-messenger?l=434 Promote security and make money with the Hushmail Affiliate Program: http://www.hushmail.com/about-affiliate?l=427 _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
