Procopius via Gnupg-users wrote: > What is the encryption engine for the current GnuPG. I read that it > isNIST AES. I know IDEA is proprietary so that can’t be used, is this > correct? > > If it’s NIST AES that is under the US Government? Wouldn’t that be in > danger of a US back door in the algorithm? > > Elwin
NIST didn't create AES. They selected a subset of an existing block cipher, Rijndael, for use by the US government to replace the previous standard, DES. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
