1996-11-13 - PGP3.0 & ElGamal

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From: “Bert-Jaap Koops” <E.J.Koops@kub.nl>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: b0e8c5d52104b138bc533a1210d96c4437f4eba8763909177e01a76fea6c73a2
Message ID: <A81C16F0582@frw3.kub.nl>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-11-13 15:48:44 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 07:48:44 -0800 (PST)

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From: "Bert-Jaap Koops" <E.J.Koops@kub.nl>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 07:48:44 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: PGP3.0 & ElGamal
Message-ID: <A81C16F0582@frw3.kub.nl>
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On Fri, 25 Oct 1996 00:32:52 +0100, Adam Back wrote:
[snip]
> 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?

Bert-Jaap





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