RSA support

[Jiejun Kong]

Thank both of you.  Actually I was just trying to use GDB to trace RSA
decryption in GNU-PG, now I've got it.   However, I am still not
convinced by the relationship between IDEA and RSA in GNU-PG.  Are you
people available to illustrate this part?  Why do I have to integrate
IDEA before I can use RSA?  From GDB I saw that decryption is done by
rsa.c:secret() function, I don't see IDEA has any business there.

Best Regards,
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Jiejun
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> On Sunday 29 October 2000  5:37am, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > Jiejun Kong <jkong@CS.UCLA.EDU> writes:
> > > gpg: protection algorithm 1 is not supported
> >
> > This is IDEA. You have to obtain a license for the IDEA patent and
> > install the corresponding GnuPG module.
> 
> Actually, the license for IDEA isn't really as restrictive as soft
> people have made it sound. IDEA is completely free and doesn't require
> a license for any personal, education, or non-profit use. The only time
> it requires a license is when it's being used for commerical purposes
> or by commercial entities.
> 
> Of course, it's still better to use a *completely* free algorithm
> that's just as secure (TripleDES or Blowfish should do the trick), but
> the idea that you have to obtain a license before you install IDEA is
> false, unless you're planning on using it for commerical purposes.
> 
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