Re: AES256 & AES192. (Was: Can I revitalise an old key-pair?)

2013-09-03 Thread Pete Stephenson
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 8:28 PM, Nicholas Cole wrote: > On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 5:04 AM, Henry Hertz Hobbit > wrote: > > [snip] > >> >> Paradoxically, AES256 & AES192 had >> weaknesses that made them less safe than AES (AES-128) several >> years back. May I humbly suggest TWOFISH or one of the >>

Re: AES256 & AES192. (Was: Can I revitalise an old key-pair?)

2013-09-03 Thread Nicholas Cole
On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Pete Stephenson wrote: > On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 8:28 PM, Nicholas Cole wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 5:04 AM, Henry Hertz Hobbit >> wrote: >> >> [snip] >> >>> >>> Paradoxically, AES256 & AES192 had >>> weaknesses that made them less safe than AES (AES-128) se

Security of 3DES

2013-09-03 Thread Peter Lebbing
My main point is furtheron because I reply inline On 02/09/13 06:04, Henry Hertz Hobbit wrote: > CAST5 is a good last choice because some of the time that is all others can > handle. Make sure CAST5 is always a last or next to last choice because that > may be all that they can do with a limited h

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2013-09-03 Thread Mustrum
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi everyone. The last gpg-agent supports ECDSA and putty's pageant. But, does it support ECDSA for putty/pageant ? Regards. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: APG v1.0.8 iQI7BAEBCAAlBQJSJbADHhxNdXN0cnVtIDxNdXN0cnVtQE11c3RydW0ubmV0PgAK CRBMuv2

Re: AES256 & AES192. (Was: Can I revitalise an old key-pair?)

2013-09-03 Thread Nicholas Cole
On Tuesday, 3 September 2013, Nicholas Cole wrote: > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Pete Stephenson > > > wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 8:28 PM, Nicholas Cole > > > > wrote: > >> On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 5:04 AM, Henry Hertz Hobbit > >> > wrote: > >> > >> [snip] > >> > >>> > >>> Paradoxical

Re: Security of 3DES

2013-09-03 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 9/3/2013 12:49 PM, Peter Lebbing wrote: > 3DES is safe. It's incredibly safe! How is it no match for modern CPU > power? There are no practical attacks on 3DES. What are you trying to > say? I have said this many times in the past; apparently I need to say it again. "3DES has been turning bril

Gpg-agent ECDSA and pageant

2013-09-03 Thread Mustrum
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi everyone. The last gpg-agent supports ECDSA and putty's pageant. But, does it support ECDSA for putty/pageant ? Regards. Ps: oups, sorry for my last message without any subject, bad clicking... -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: APG v1.0

Re: my statements were twisted (was Security of 3DES)

2013-09-03 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On 09/03/2013 04:49 PM, Peter Lebbing wrote: > To expand on what Johan Wevers said: symmetric ciphers do not change the > length > of the encrypted text (by more than the block size). They certainly do not > compress. Usually, data is compressed before encrypting it (compressing it > after > is