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Re: The case against ElGamal signatures in PGP

1998-06-02 10:17:10
"Philip" == Philip Zimmermann <prz(_at_)pgp(_dot_)com> writes:

 Philip> I know I should have brought this up earlier, but better late
 Philip> than never.  I would like to suggest to the OpenPGP Working
 Philip> Group that we remove ElGamal signatures from this draft RFC.
 Philip> Here's why.
...

I think Phil's suggestion makes sense.  (I suspect elliptic crypto
will end up with its own pile of patent troubles, so I don't view it
as optimistically, but that doesn't affect the argument with respect
to ElGamal.

And while I'm writing... rather than let silence imply consent...  the
suggestion for "revocation reason" (in another note) sounds good.

        paul