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Re: Mandatory Algorithm Changes?

Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> Wed, 09 February 2005 08:10 UTC

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To: Ian G <iang@systemics.com>
Cc: ietf-openpgp@imc.org
Subject: Re: Mandatory Algorithm Changes?
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From: Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
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Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 08:39:02 +0100
In-Reply-To: <42092EC2.9040501@systemics.com> (Ian G.'s message of "Tue, 08 Feb 2005 21:27:30 +0000")
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On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 21:27:30 +0000, Ian G said:

> If both of the major OpenPGP implementations
> already support it, is there any reason to doubt
> the little guys will follow along eventually?

There are other implementations using OpenPGP as well.  For embedded
systems adding another MUST cipher is a problem, in particular if 3DES
is already done in (old) hardware.  There might also be the need to
implement the preferences system unless both, 3DES and AES, are
declared as fallback algorithms.


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner

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