09-29-05 07:48 AM
In <6S4RD7PN38623.8054166667@reece.net.au>, palpatine@galaxy.of.stars
wrote:
>admin@eelbash.yi.org wrote:
>
>It seems that you must now be using a pgp key that is incompatible
>with the older versions of pgp? I can't add it to my keyring:
>
> File contains key(s). Contents follow...
>
> Unsupported packet format - you need a newer version of PGP for this fil
e.
> pub? 2060/00000000 eelbash <remailer@eelbash.yi.org>
>
>That means a lot of us now won't be able to use the eelbash remailer. :-((
> < is that an outbreak of cheering I hear from the grandstand? >
>
>I use pgp version 2.6.3
>
>/// Palpatine
Well, you see, with the recent attacks on SHA-1, and the vulnerability in
DSA keys because they have no hash function firewall, it is obvious that
eelbash has decided to go with the most insecure setup he can will still
using encryption.
he's using DSA keys and SHA-1 hash in a time when most people are migrating
to RSA v4 keys and either RIPEMD-160 or SHA-256 & SHA-512
I plan to d/l gnupg and migrate my keys next weekend. I'll only keep pgp 6
available because JBN can't work with gnupg (YET.. i remember something
recent about Panta Admin working on a fix to let JBN users switch to
gnupg!! YAY Panta!)
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