options to choose key preferences

[L. Sassaman]

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I would be interested in this patch. I had asked Werner about adding such
a feature a while ago...


- --Len.

On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, Todd L. Brooks wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> I have an idea for three new advanced user options:
> 
> --signature-cipher-prefs
> --signature-digest-prefs
> --signature-compress-prefs
> 
> which would allow one to choose their own preferred algorithms when
> creating or self-signing a key. Currently these preferences are hard
> coded into the program and normally do not need to be changed, but
> you could use, for example:
> 
> gpg --gen-key --signature-cipher-prefs="CAST5,IDEA,3DES" \
>     --signature-digest-prefs=" " \
>     --signature-compress-prefs=" " \
>     --s2k-cipher-algo=CAST5 --s2k-digest-algo=SHA1
> 
> and you would have a key ready to be exported to and used on a machine running
> pgp6.x.  This has been useful to me on a few occasions. Of course
> these options could be used with --edit-key to add other user id's
> with preferences of your choosing. Why shouldn't
> an (advanced) user be allowed to choose their own key preferences?
> There are options to control just about everything else (within the
> limits of rfc2440).
> 
> I have added these options to my own personal version, and would be
> happy to forward the patch if there is any interest in including it in
> future releases.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> Todd
> 
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> Todd L. Brooks
> Department of Mechanical Engineering
> Yale University
> New Haven, CT 06520-8286
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> gpg: Signature made Sun Jul  2 09:59:14 2000 PDT using DSA key ID 3D91366F
> gpg: requesting key 3D91366F from horowitz.surfnet.nl ...
> gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found
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