On Sun, Apr 16, 2000 at 06:45:04PM +0530, Raju Mathur wrote:
> >>>>> "Kaushik" == SEN <SEN> writes:
>
> Kaushik> PGP and GPG are used for data encryption, not network
> Kaushik> security. They use the same underlying algorithms as SSH
> Kaushik> and SSL.
>
> Some. For instance, GPG supports Elgamal which SSL doesn't to the
> best of my knowledge.
I'm kind of surprised - because Taher Elgamal was the chief scientist
at Netscape who designed SSL. But a quick websearch says that you're
right. I'm left wondering if there is a technical reason why it is not
one of the algorithms that SSL supports.
-Arun
PS: Taher used to sit a couple of cubes away from me at Netscape and I
realized who this guy was several months after I left netscape.
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