DSA and ECC (was: Looking for Elgamal sign+encrypt key information)

[Atom 'Smasher']

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> Seriously, though, there is no reason why rDSA can't someday be added
> to OpenPGP.  OpenPGP is very extensible and we're not even close to
> running out of algorithm numbers.  That said, there is no particular
> reason I've seen to add it *now*.  We should never add algorithms just
> because they are available.
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out of curiousity, what are the reasons that new algorithms get added to
the spec?



        ...atom

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