17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
On Mon, 23 Jun 1997 tzeruch@ceddec.com wrote: [On PGP switching to SHA-1/ElGamal]
They could have supported RSA/SHA if they wanted to. They also put 3DES and IDEA support as options in the manual (but not in the freeware or tryit versions that I can see).
I guess suggestions such as the one above prove that CP is still attracting newbies. That's a good thing. Now if they only read the FAQ. The patents for DH (which cover the public domain ElGamal) expire this Fall. By using SHA-1/ElGamal, PGP is moving to a technology that will soon no longer require paying large sums of money to RSA for the use of a one-line mathematical formula. This is *a good thing*. --Lucky