> The International Version of PGP is a slightly modified algorithm with > fewer bits. Currently, it is illegal under the Data Encryption and > Privacy Act (modified) of 1995 to export encryption programs which use > 56+ bits outside the United States.
The international version supports at least 1024 bits. That is the reason why the US government has been giving Phil Zimmerman (author of PGP) a hard time, though he recently won his court case. > There is, of course, a workaround to get superior encryption with the > Internation versions (not only of pgp, but RSA and DES as well). Make > 3 keys and do the following: > > 1) encrypt with key 1 > 2) decrypt with key 2 > 3) encrypt with key 3 I'm not sure about PGP, but DES actually gets _weaker_ if encrypted with two keys. Three keys does make it much stronger, though, as you say. Brian ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- if you have a 50% chance of guessing right,you will guess wrong 75% of the time -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]