[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > was checking the key preferences in gnupg 1.4.2.2(MingW32) > with the SHOWPREF command, > and found all the algorithms listed except for twofish > > the key accepts and decrypts messages done in twofish, > and works fine > > have tested this for many of the keys and none of them display > twofish in the preferences > > don't remember which version of gnupg did list twofish, > because i don't use showpref that often > > is there anything new about new gnupg key-preferences that would > explain this ?
It doesn't show up because it's not on the key's preference list. If you want a list of supported algorithms use --version C:\WINDOWS>gpg --edit-key 0x7ee6202d showpref Secret key is available. pub 2048R/7EE6202D created: 2004-10-20 expires: never usage: SCE trust: ultimate validity: ultimate [ultimate] (1). test key (test RSA S&E key) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ultimate] (1). test key (test RSA S&E key) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cipher: AES256, AES192, AES, CAST5, 3DES, IDEA Digest: SHA1, RIPEMD160 Compression: ZLIB, ZIP, Uncompressed Features: MDC, Keyserver no-modify Command> setpref aes256 aes192 aes cast5 3des twofish blowfish idea sha256 sha1 ripemd160 bzip2 zlib zip Set preference list to: Cipher: AES256, AES192, AES, CAST5, 3DES, TWOFISH, BLOWFISH, IDEA Digest: SHA256, SHA1, RIPEMD160 Compression: BZIP2, ZLIB, ZIP, Uncompressed Features: MDC, Keyserver no-modify Really update the preferences? (y/N) y You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for user: "test key (test RSA S&E key) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" 2048-bit RSA key, ID 7EE6202D, created 2004-10-20 pub 2048R/7EE6202D created: 2004-10-20 expires: never usage: SCE trust: ultimate validity: ultimate [ultimate] (1). test key (test RSA S&E key) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Command> showpref [ultimate] (1). test key (test RSA S&E key) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cipher: AES256, AES192, AES, CAST5, 3DES, TWOFISH, BLOWFISH, IDEA Digest: SHA256, SHA1, RIPEMD160 Compression: BZIP2, ZLIB, ZIP, Uncompressed Features: MDC, Keyserver no-modify Command>quit C:\WINDOWS>gpg --version gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.3-cvs-curl-4079-2006-03-22 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for details. Home: C:/Documents and Settings/<username>/Application Data/GnuPG Supported algorithms: Pubkey: RSA, RSA-E, RSA-S, ELG-E, DSA Cipher: IDEA, 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, AES, AES192, AES256, TWOFISH Hash: MD5, SHA1, RIPEMD160, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512 Compression: Uncompressed, ZIP, ZLIB, BZIP2 C:\WINDOWS> -- John P. Clizbe Inet: JPClizbe(a)comcast DOT nyet Golden Bear Networks PGP/GPG KeyID: 0x608D2A10 "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr Seuss, "Oh the Places You'll Go"
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