On 22.12.2005 10:35 Uhr, Johan Wevers wrote: > Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > >> - And even from a cryptographic point of view this wouldn't make sense >> (as far as I know), as currently hashfunctions are the weak point of the >> whole system. > > That depends on what you consider important. Hash functions are only used > for signing;
Ack. And for protection of the private key. > for encryption, currently the 256 bit algo's are the strongest. Please don't mix symmetrical encryption strength (I suppose you are referring to the session key length/encryption algo) with asymmetrical encryption strength. A chain is only as strong as its weakest element. Ludwig BTW: Sorry for first replying via PM _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
