PGP3.0 & ElGamal

[paul at fatmans.demon.co.uk]

> > Also I understand, though there appears to be no available
> > documentation saying as much, that pgp3.0 will not use RSA, nor IDEA,
> > nor MD5, using instead El Gamal for public key encryption and
> > signatures, 3DES (unsure?), and SHA1.
> 
> Can someone confirm that PGP3.0 will use ElGamal?
> 

I cannot confirm that but I do know 3.0 will be downward compatible 
using RSA keys for people using 2.x, I also understand that IDEA will 
be the symmetric algorithm though I can`t confirm this.

I know 3.0 uses discrete log cryptography but whether it will be 
El Gamal or DH or other I don`t know. I would imagine in the end it 
would come down to a question of what is unpatented first and I have 
no idea on the patent date for El Gamal (is it even patented?) but DH 
hasn`t long to go....



 

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