On Tue, 8 May 2012 16:41, r...@sixdemonbag.org said: > Symmetric encryption uses one key and only one key.
In theory this is correct. However, OpenPGP uses a random session key and that key is in turn encrypted symmetrically. The protocol allows to mix arbitrary numbers of public and symmetric keys. GnuPG should be able to decrypt such messages but encryption is only possible with one symmetric key (and optionally several public keys). The problem is to find a good way to pass several symmetric keys. Given that public keys are much simpler to use, I never considered to implement multiple symmetric keys. Shalom-Salam, Werner -- Die Gedanken sind frei. Ausnahmen regelt ein Bundesgesetz. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users