On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 11:12:26AM +0000, redstar wrote: > New: Symmetrically Encrypted and MDC Packet(tag 18)(70 bytes) > Ver 1 > Encrypted data [sym alg is specified in pub-key encrypted session key] > (plain text + MDC SHA1(20 bytes)) > > What I must do for using RIPEMD160 hash of encryption??? Its normal because > encryption specifications requirements? Or its error of gpg?
The MDC is always SHA-1. It is fixed as part of the protocol. > Why he will use RSA encryption as other symmetric ciphers like CAST5, 3DES, > BLOWFISH,, in prefs, and, RSA its not in prefs list? The type of public-key encryption is defined by what type of key you are encrypting to. An RSA key means RSA encryption. The symmetric ciphers are not relevant to this question. David _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
