Package: gnupg Version: 1.4.9-2 Severity: normal Hi!
The choice of algorithms used for conventional encryption of messages (--symmetric) is quite obscure. The user must provide a passphrase which is hashed, the result of which is used as an encryption key. Now, the hash is selected by "s2k-digest-algo", not "digest-algo", while the symmetric cipher is selected by "cipher-algo" (or the first cipher in "personal-cipher-preferences"), not "s2k-cipher-algo". This is surprising, as in the case of existing personal-cipher-preferences (in a configuration file), in order to explicitly set the cipher and digest, one has to use --cipher-algo and --s2k-digest-algo. There should be explicit options for the choice of cipher and digest algorithm used for --symmetric encryption. That way, one could set sane defaults in a configuration file. Marc -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (745, 'testing'), (367, 'unstable'), (234, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages gnupg depends on: ii gpgv 1.4.9-2 GNU privacy guard - signature veri ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.5-0.1 high-quality block-sorting file co ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libreadline5 5.2-3 GNU readline and history libraries ii libusb-0.1-4 2:0.1.12-12 userspace USB programming library ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime Versions of packages gnupg recommends: ii libldap-2.4-2 2.4.10-2+lenny1 OpenLDAP libraries Versions of packages gnupg suggests: ii eog 2.22.3-1 Eye of GNOME graphics viewer progr pn gnupg-doc <none> (no description available) ii imagemagick 7:6.3.7.9.dfsg1-2+b2 image manipulation programs pn libpcsclite1 <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
