Moving from PGP to GnuPG and other questions ...

[Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder]

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On Tuesday 27 April 2004 18.43, Denis Green wrote:

> 3/
> Is there a way to use the IDEA algorithm with GnuPG - if
> so how ? [wish to be fully compatible with PGP users ]

If your main goal is full compatibility with PGP users, then you don't 
need the IDEA algorithm, afaict. Just be sure that your key preferences 
don't specify IDEA as a cipher you support (if so, change the 
preferences, which will create a new selfsignature on the key, and then 
make sure everybody you communicate with has the new version of your 
key.)

(Can some PGP-expert confirm that PGP does handle multiple selfsigs with 
differing preferences in a sane way?)

The result will be that nobody sends you IDEA-encrypted email.

Of course, if you have old data files with IDEA encryption, you'll need 
to either compile a GnuPG with IDEA, or keep PGP around until these are 
all converted.

greetings
- -- vbi

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