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1996-11-13 - Re: PGP3.0 & ElGamal

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From: Derek Atkins <warlord@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
To: “Bert-Jaap Koops” <E.J.Koops@kub.nl>
Message Hash: 4c718cbb56ad7269022978848d02080414ad080bdace3569be9ac81243ee00bb
Message ID: <199611131804.NAA26899@charon.MIT.EDU>
Reply To: <A81C16F0582@frw3.kub.nl>
UTC Datetime: 1996-11-13 18:04:54 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 10:04:54 -0800 (PST)

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From: Derek Atkins <warlord@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 10:04:54 -0800 (PST)
To: "Bert-Jaap Koops" <E.J.Koops@kub.nl>
Subject: Re: PGP3.0 & ElGamal
In-Reply-To: <A81C16F0582@frw3.kub.nl>
Message-ID: <199611131804.NAA26899@charon.MIT.EDU>
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hi,

> > 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?

The PGP 3.0 code that I've been working on has support for:
	IDEA, 3DES
	MD5, SHA1
	RSA, DSS, ElGamal

It does not discontinue support for the PGP 2.6.2 algorithms.  It adds
support for new ones.

-derek

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