vedaal wrote: > > no, ANY pgp version on any platform will be able to decrypt a 3DES > message to any key > > they will easily be able to decrypt it > > and, as long as you have a GnuPG generated key, > you will be able to decrypt whatever they send to you, > on whatever system and pgp program they use > > vedaal
> David Shaw wrote: > > I should add, though, that unless there is some reason why you need to > use that old V3 key, an arguably better solution would be to just ask > your correspondent to generate a new key... > > David > Thanks to all (Vedaal, David, and Robert) for helping me through this process. I'm getting a handle on the things that were confusing and concerning me. PGP vs GPG, patent issues with IDEA, Ciphers, algorithms, etc can all be confusing ... I did get a positive response to the question of decrypting the file on the contact's mainframe: contact with legacy v3 key wrote: > I can pretty much guarantee we would be able to decrypt the file on the > mainframe and I was able to decrypt their test message to me (using GnuPG 1.4.7 on Windows). Also, when I mentioned getting a newer key, the contact was surprised that I was given a key from 1999 when they had a newer key that I should've been given instead. So the contact sent me their updated key to use instead of the legacy v3 key anyway: Type: Public Key Algorithm: DSA/ELG Size: 1024/2048 bits Created: 2/10/2000 Expires: Never Cipher: CAST5 I think we're good for changing from PGP 6.5.8 to GnuPG. Any suggestions on what version to get for our AIX install? 1.x or 2.x? GnuPG.org website wrote: > "GnuPG comes in two flavours: 1.4.9 is the well known and portable > standalone version, whereas 2.0.9 is the enhanced and somewhat harder to > build version." > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Export-secret-key-from-WinXP-%28GnuPG%29-1.4.7-to-AIX-PGP-Version-6.5.8-gives-Bad-Pass-Phrase-tp19512637p19574853.html Sent from the GnuPG - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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