Re: Future plans for implementation of other algorithms

2011-01-26 Thread Werner Koch
On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:21, k...@grant-olson.net said: (Not that I'm saying there's anything wrong with using 1.4; I just doubt ECC will be back-ported.) Well, at some point in time we might need to do that. If there are many ECC keys in use there is probably a need for ECC for server

Re: Future plans for implementation of other algorithms

2011-01-26 Thread Johan Wevers
Op 26-1-2011 11:02, Werner Koch schreef: (Not that I'm saying there's anything wrong with using 1.4; I just doubt ECC will be back-ported.) Well, at some point in time we might need to do that. If there are many ECC keys in use there is probably a need for ECC for server applications as

Re: Future plans for implementation of other algorithms

2011-01-26 Thread David Shaw
On Jan 26, 2011, at 5:02 AM, Werner Koch wrote: On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:21, k...@grant-olson.net said: (Not that I'm saying there's anything wrong with using 1.4; I just doubt ECC will be back-ported.) Well, at some point in time we might need to do that. If there are many ECC keys in

Re: Future plans for implementation of other algorithms

2011-01-26 Thread Avi
As someone who uses GnuPG on a USB stick under Windows, I sincerely hope that elliptical curves get added to the 1.4 trunk. --Avi User:Avraham pub 3072D/F80E29F9 1/30/2009 Avi (Wikimedia-related key) avi.w...@gmail.com Primary key fingerprint: 167C 063F 7981 A1F6 71EC ABAA 0D62 B019

Re: Future plans for implementation of other algorithms

2011-01-26 Thread Grant Olson
On 1/26/11 3:37 PM, Avi wrote: As someone who uses GnuPG on a USB stick under Windows, I sincerely hope that elliptical curves get added to the 1.4 trunk. --Avi That was completely uninformed speculation on my part. But I still think that like any new standard and technology, even

Re: Future plans for implementation of other algorithms

2011-01-26 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
On Wed, 2011-01-26 at 15:37 -0500, Avi wrote: As someone who uses GnuPG on a USB stick under Windows, I sincerely hope that elliptical curves get added to the 1.4 trunk. I know this won't happen,... but I'd rather see a roadmap to phase out 1.x... Maintaining to branches is not only a big

Re: Future plans for implementation of other algorithms

2011-01-26 Thread Avi
: Christoph Anton Mitterer christoph.anton.mitte...@physik.uni-muenchen.de To: gnupg-users@gnupg.org Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:07:08 +0100 Subject: Re: Future plans for implementation of other algorithms On Wed, 2011-01-26 at 15:37 -0500, Avi wrote: As someone who uses GnuPG on a USB stick

Re: Future plans for implementation of other algorithms

2011-01-26 Thread Faramir
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 El 26-01-2011 20:29, Avi escribió: I believe Werner had mentioned that the 1.x version would continue to be supported due to its enhanced portability, but I could be misremembering. Can someone official comment as to the viability of the 1.x

Future plans for implementation of other algorithms

2011-01-25 Thread Joseph Ziff
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Just out of curiosity (this might be the wrong mailing list for this so I apologize in advance if that is the case), are there any plans for implementing any other encryption/signing algorithms in GPG and if so what are they? - -- Joseph Ziff

Re: Future plans for implementation of other algorithms

2011-01-25 Thread Grant Olson
On 01/25/2011 07:59 PM, Joseph Ziff wrote: Just out of curiosity (this might be the wrong mailing list for this so I apologize in advance if that is the case), are there any plans for implementing any other encryption/signing algorithms in GPG and if so what are they? I think it's really the