>No. Preferences, including the digest preferences, are not relevant >here at all. This is a signature *you* are making. The digest >preferences are consulted when someone *else* is making a signature, >and wants to know if you can handle it. It has nothing to do with >what your key needs because your key is not involved.
Sorry I was writing my last reply when I received yours. Thank your for clarification. I understand the difference. However given the fact that I could produce for example SHA256 hashes, wouldn't I prefer the same hash length in return for security reasons? Meaning woundn't it be preferable for the showpref statement to read SHA256, SHA1, RIPEMD160 rather than SHA1, SHA256, RIPEMD160 Again, Im aware of the default-preference-list within the gpg.conf file, This controls the preference order of the hashes, ciphers with key creation within my own set of keys. Other than consulting this in the gpg.conf file, there is no other place this default list could be consulted? Meaning this is no command I could type that would give me the Hash Algorithm I would be using before signing the document -- once the document is signed its easy to see the hash that was used. I suppose the same discussion type could be stated with cipher type. Other than consulting the default preference list within the gpg.conf file (is there is one), is there any way to predict or show a preference list in relation to my own keys? Again if the showpref statement is meant for the other party, is there an equivalent statement or command for myself? _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users