Hi all,
Something has been bugging me for some time, and I can't find any
answers.
SSL uses X509, and X509 mandates a PK algorithm, but doesn't say
which one. At the moment we have RSA and DH implementations, but each
has drawbacks, either legal, as for RSA in here in the US, or
technical for DH everywhere.
As far as I know El-Gammal has everything you want from PKC and it's
used in GNU's GPG, the PGP replacement. It's unpatented, too, and
free for use anywhere.
So why hasn't anyone ever put an El-Gammal cipher suite in an SSL
implementation? Is it something that's been just missed, or am I
missing something VERY obvious?
What's the story?
Chad C. Mulligan.
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