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Correct. PGP mixes symmetric and public key encryption algorithms, letting you choose your favorite ciphers and key lengths. You can choose RSA, DSA, AES, CAST5
by rubbingalcohol 13y ago
Correct. PGP mixes symmetric and public key encryption algorithms, letting you choose your favorite ciphers and key lengths. You can choose RSA, DSA, AES, CAST5, TripleDES, etc. To say you've "cracked PGP" is akin to saying you've cracked pretty much all of the widely-accepted ciphers out there. I don't buy it.
- crocowhile 13y agoRight. That may be what "at least partially" refers to. They may be able to crack one in some conditions...
- sounds 13y agoI'm looking for any algorithms among those you listed that is considered weak. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_DES#Security http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_DES#Security - ok, that has chosen plaintext weaknesses. I don't see much information on CAST5 aka CAST128, can someone chime in with its current status? I suppose you could encrypt an image using ECB. Would PGP allow this kind of broken configuration? http://pthree.org/2012/02/17/ecb-vs-cbc-encryption/ http://pthree.org/2012/02/17/ecb-vs-cbc-encryption/
- rubbingalcohol 13y agoPGP uses CFB mode. To my knowledge there is no implementation that would let you use ECB. http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4880 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4880