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"PGP-style encryption" probably implies public-key cryptography. Like the other poster said, using various computer inputs to feed the entropy source during ke
by RDeckard 13y ago
"PGP-style encryption" probably implies public-key cryptography.
Like the other poster said, using various computer inputs to feed the entropy source during key generation is not specific to PGP or public-key cryptography at all.
- verandaguy 13y agoThat seems like a misleadingly-broad term, but sure. IMO, public-key cryptography (or just asymmetric crypto) is already an improvement over "the Diffie-Hellman key exchange," which is what's generally implied when talking about public-key crypto.