>> Would not this output seem to imply the key was generated with >> preference for the AES family over 3DES? > > No. > > The preferences on a key are actually not very preferential. It's a > capability list far more than it is a preference list. The fact AES > comes before CAST5 matters very little. > > personal-cipher-preferences is what you're thinking of. This gets set > in the gpg.conf file, not on your key. > > >
Thanks, I was definitely misguided. However just a quick followup. My gpg version contains far more capabilities (ie TWOFISH, BLOWFISH), than what was listed in the key. Why were these not included in the "capability list"? If I do not specify a personal-cipher-preference or cipher-algo within the gpg.conf file, 3DES will always be chosen as the cipher algorithm? -- Kevin Hilton _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users