Ok, what about PGP (was: MD5 collisions)

[Chris Adams]

On 29 May 1996 19:03:04 pdt, wlkngowl at unix.asb.com wrote:

>I poked around the pgp.h and pgformat.txt files in the PGP 2.6.2
>distribution.  There *are* designator bytes for the hash (and cipher)
>algorithms, hash size, etc.
>
>It seems quite doable to add support for SHA-1 signatures (and possibly key
>generation for encrypting secret keys?).
>
>Adding 3DES (and maybe Luby-Rackoff-SHA, assuming it hasn't been cracked
>recently at the Fast Software Conf.... more info?!?) would be nifty too...
>unless, of course, there's meaning to the Real Soon Now that PGP3 folx
>claim.

How about a NSA-stomper option that would use all-of-the-above? For the truly paranoid (or 
owners of Pentium-Pro 200Mhz multi-processor machines

Also, what's the verdict on IDEA? Is there a switch yet that would allow straight RSA? 
(with the obvious speed decrease...)

>I'd work on the hack now (and just might...) but I'm stuck stranded in the
>United States. :(
I've always wondered what it says about a country that is afraid to let its citizens work 
on privacy... 
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