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Re: RSA key in GNUPG



On Sun, Aug 22, 1999 at 05:16:10PM +1000, Brian May wrote:
> In article <[🔎] 19990821161034.A1101@debian.org> you write:
> >> From my tests i could encrypt a message with gpg and a RSA key but
> >> pgp was not able to decode it - So there is a technical limitation.
> >
> ># force-v3-sigs
> ># rfc1991
> ># digest-algo md5
> >
> >I have these commented out in favor of openpgp, but if you want pgp2 to be
> >able to use the cyphertext, uncomment them.
> 
> I have all of these options enabled, but have the same problems as the
> original poster. I previosly posted this problem in debian.user, but
> nobody was able to suggest any solution, other then to use version 1 of
> idea and rsa (which I couldn't find).
> 
> The same problem occurs on non-Debian non-Linux systems.

I found that the option --cipher-algo idea was required
# cipher-algo idea
in your ~/.gnupg/options file. This let me decript gpg-encripted
files with pgp2 no probs - however, without it caused probs.

-- 
Timshel Knoll <timshel@pobox.com>
First year Computer Science, RMIT
PGP2.6: 2048R/63E2CB1B

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