Re: CART before the HORSE

[Ian Grigg <iang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill Stewart wrote:
> 
> On the other hand, Diffie-Hellman is generally used in interactive
> applications, such as SSL, not batch applications like email encryption -
> it's clearly the right choice for those applications.
> Open-PGP is probably better off using ElGamal, but it's not a no-brainer.

I thought that actually pgp5.x does use ElGamal, Jon posted that the
reason it was called Diffie Hellman was the name recognition.

I would hope that the Open PGP standard does not incorporate this
confusion and uses the appropriate technical name for the algorithm.

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