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1996-11-14 - Re: PGP3.0 & ElGamal

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From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
To: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
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Message ID: <Pine.3.89.9611131930.A5464-0100000@netcom14>
Reply To: <Pine.SUN.3.94.961113200754.4470C-100000@polaris>
UTC Datetime: 1996-11-14 03:43:58 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 19:43:58 -0800 (PST)

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From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 19:43:58 -0800 (PST)
To: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
Subject: Re: PGP3.0 & ElGamal
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On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, Black Unicorn wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Absolutely outstanding.

I agree. Support for soon to be patent free algrithms is a good thing. I 
hope that in version 4.0, after the users had time to migrate to 
DSS/ElGamal, PGP will fully move away from RSA.

--Lucky

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