Multiple symetric cyphers
bill.stewart@pleasantonca.ncr.com +1-510-484-6204
wcs at anchor.ho.att.com
Fri Jan 13 14:06:27 PST 1995
> Actually, a slight correction. PGP does have an algorithm byte
> for the encryption algorithm; this byte is inside the RSA block.
It's got another algorithm byte - the stuff at the beginning that
says --- BEGIN PGP ENCRYPTED MESSAGE ---, letting everyone know
it's PGP. That's one of the major risks of "algorithm bytes" -
not that it tells the Bad Guys which algorithm you're using,
but that it tells them "yes, this is crypto, not just noise".
Bill
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