> Are those the only two in GnuPG you don't see a need for? What
> algorithms do you prefer?
I know this wasn't addressed to me, but what the heck. I won't share my
preferences, but this is some modestly-accurate history.
Way back when, DSA and Elgamal had to be the defaults in OpenPGP because
A three-part recipe for small annoyance:
1. "auto-key-retrieve" in gpg.conf
2. Automatic signature verification in email client.
3. The email I'm about to read was signed by a key that's not on
keyservers.
The result: There's a delay of several seconds every time I open the
message and in
Werner Koch wrote:
> Please not again. That whole largeRSA key mess was a compromise to
> silence a very few individuals who had, well, interesting ideas on
> required key sizes. Sometimes it is easier to add an option than to
> spend hours on discussing their non-need. It is kind of similar to
Le 02/10/2017 à 16:37, Matthias Apitz a écrit :
> El día lunes, octubre 02, 2017 a las 01:35:16p. m. +0200, Franck Routier
> escribió:
>
>> My problem, in addition to the pin being cached "forever" (as long as
>> the card is inserted, with no time limit), is that when I remove and
>> reinsert the
