Re: Blowfish?
From: Juergen Nieveler (juergen.nieveler@web.de)Date: 03/14/02
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From: Juergen Nieveler <juergen.nieveler@web.de> Date: 14 Mar 2002 19:09:31 GMT
"***Ïñ²ÑФ***Oscar" <In2Ndo@SPAMTHISyahoo.com> wrote in
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> Is blowfish secure? compared to pgp , i guess.
Blowfish is an algorithm, PGP is a software that uses various
algorithms.
> I'm using a program that can use blowfish, Rijndael, or Twofish . but
> I've been reading and Blowfish is only 448 bits and pgp can go way over
> that. would that alone make it a better choice.?
Twofish is a double blowfish. And PGP can use Twofish, Blowfish or
Rijndael.
But it doesn't use keys bigger than 448 bits for symmetric encryption
- you're confusing it with RSA and DH, which are also used in PGP.
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