Re: ...Best PGP configuration

From: Sam Simpson (sam@samsimpson.com)
Date: 02/05/03 

From: "Sam Simpson" <sam@samsimpson.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 16:17:44 +0000 (UTC)

See http://www.samsimpson.com/pgpfaq.html 

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Sam Simpson
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"Normand Martel" <ve2um@colba.net> wrote in message
news:b1q42g$r78$1@news.colba.net...
> Hi...
>
> After downloading latest version of PGP (8.0), i saw that the soft gave
five
> choices for symmetric cypher, which are: AES (Raendael with ker length up
to
> 256 bits), CAST, 3-DES, IDEA and Twofish.
>
> My question is simple: In security terms, which one is the best? and which
> one (if applicable) should be avoided?
>
> Also, in the soft' s options, there is a "faster key generation" checked
box
> in the options. Question again: In security terms, what should i do? By
> using the faster ke generation, do i threat the key's security??
>
> Finally, if you know a good FAQ about PGP, please let me know...
>
> Reginald Roy
> Montreal, Canada
>
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