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Re: [PLUG] [SECURITY] New gnupg packages fix cryptographic weakness in ElGamal signing keys
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 01:44:42PM -0500, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 12:30:03PM -0500, David Shaw wrote:
> > Which is a bit of a problem, since it doesn't disable ALL signing with
> > an Elgamal key. If you think about it, there is still one way to make
> > an Elgamal signature...
>
> Lessee.
>
> Can you tell GnuPG to use an signature key as an encryption key with
> --expert?
Nope. It's a perfectly normal piece of the protocol - no --expert or
other magic involved.
David
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