Re: [openpgp] Intent to deprecate: Insecure primitives

Jon Callas <jon@callas.org> Mon, 16 March 2015 20:11 UTC

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Subject: Re: [openpgp] Intent to deprecate: Insecure primitives
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> On Mar 16, 2015, at 7:49 AM, Stephen Paul Weber <singpolyma@singpolyma.net> wrote:
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> In fact, aren't the RSA-E and RSA-S algorithms basically just historical / mostly deprecated in favour of marking keys for a particular use?
> 

Yes. They were essentially historical even in RFC 1991 days.

	Jon