Procopius via Gnupg-users wrote:
> What is the encryption engine for the current GnuPG. I read that it
> isNIST AES. I know IDEA is proprietary so that can’t be used, is this
> correct?
>
> If it’s NIST AES that is under the US Government? Wouldn’t that be in
> danger of a US back door in the alg
Andrew Gallagher wrote:
> For the last four years or so, I have maintained my PGP primary key
> on a Tails[0] thumb drive, and my subkeys on a redundant pair of
> OpenPGP smartcards. This gives me:
>
> a) offline storage of my master key
> b) secure backup of all key material
> c) convenient acce
On Sun, 2019-05-26 at 23:30 -0700, Procopius via Gnupg-users wrote:
> If it’s NIST AES that is under the US Government? Wouldn’t that be in danger
> of a US back door in the algorithm?
>
Why would them bother trying to split a backdoor in the algorithm
unnoticed if it's much simpler to install i
On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 11:30:18PM -0700, Procopius via Gnupg-users wrote:
What is the encryption engine for the current GnuPG.
There’s no single symmetric encryption algorithm. OpenPGP allows a set
of algorithms: 3DES, IDEA, CAST5, AES, Blowfish, Twofish, and Camellia
[1,2]. GnuPG supports a
On 26/05/2019 15:42, Stefan Claas wrote:
> murphy wrote:
>
> Hi murphy,
>
>>> ...until I have the funds to
>>> buy me a new *offline* usage Notebook.
>>
>> Hi Stefan - I don't know your use model but you can't beat a $5 USD
>> Rapsberry Pi Zero V1.3 for a cheap offline platform that can compile
>
What is the encryption engine for the current GnuPG. I read that it isNIST AES.
I know IDEA is proprietary so that can’t be used, is this correct?
If it’s NIST AES that is under the US Government? Wouldn’t that be in danger of
a US back door in the algorithm?
Elwin
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