Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 02:23:55 +0900 From: Tetsuro FURUYA <tfuruya@galois.tf.or.jp> To: vas@vas.tsu.tomsk.su Cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, ht5t-fry@asahi-net.or.jp, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PGP questions Message-ID: <199710141723.CAA07111@galois.tf.or.jp> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 13 Oct 1997 19:31:27 %2B0800 (TSD)" References: <199710131131.TAA13986@vas.tsu.tomsk.su>
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----Security_Multipart(Wed_Oct_15_02:23:39_1997)-- Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Victor Sudakov <vas@vas.tsu.tomsk.su> Subject: Re: PGP questions Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 19:31:27 +0800 (TSD) Message-ID: <199710131131.TAA13986@vas.tsu.tomsk.su> Reply-To: vas> Doug White wrote: vas> > On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Victor Sudakov wrote: vas> > vas> > > Hello. vas> > > vas> > > I am using PGP from the ports collection. I am not a USA resident, so I use vas> > > the international version: vas> > > vas> > > Pretty Good Privacy(tm) 2.6.3ia - Public-key encryption for the masses. vas> > > (c) 1990-96 Philip Zimmermann, Phil's Pretty Good Software. 1996-03-04 vas> > > International version - not for use in the USA. Does not use RSAREF. vas> > > vas> > > Am I going to have any problems because it does not use RSAREF? vas> > > Incompatibility or vulnerability? vas> > vas> > Not that I know of. vas> vas> What is the difference then? vas> You cannot use RSAREF encription engin because of Patent and the US government embargo on the export of RSA encription. So, you should compare pgp-263is and its preveous versions after pgp-26ui. In view of the efficiency of ecription and the biased random generator, pgp-26iu is not preferable any more, I think. To tell the truth, I donnot know which is better, pgp-262 or pgp-263. The length of the key used in pgp-262 is 2048 bits long, and randseed.bin file is refreshed whenever it is executed. On the contrary, that of pgp-263is is 1024 bits long. And the efficiency of encription is better than pgp-262. Does anybody know which is better ? _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ Tetsuro FURUYA <tfuruya@galois.tf.or.jp> pgp key finger print = 92 24 E5 F0 FA 2E FB FF 7C A2 E9 DB AC 1B C5 67 Tetsuro FURUYA <ss69001@hongo.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp> pgp key finger print = F1 BA 5F C1 C2 48 1D C7 AE 5F 16 ED 12 17 75 38 _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ ----Security_Multipart(Wed_Oct_15_02:23:39_1997)-- Content-Type: Application/Pgp-Signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: 2.6.3i iQCVAwUANEOqonCpvetY1+tZAQGHngQAnHEteFReHyY0I9LNR+AU6/KtRgiD4wtO h7RlS0cByh1ysZu1XbDNh1Y7QSexCQjmX2epHrz1ufJjkEx7hskO8rCAaNRbFe1J qhyfKpUOR4oyaBdoXd1RmYn11qFhf8qZeoCDa2W4bab5HF4NE7FXLtWbrZPdZuzL psOIEv5fNNk= =OF1p -----END PGP MESSAGE----- ----Security_Multipart(Wed_Oct_15_02:23:39_1997)----
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