ietf-openpgp
[Top] [All Lists]

Secret Key Packets II

1998-06-28 23:53:18
Hi !

Just another short question :

Secret Key Packets...

   The packet contains:

     - ...

     - One octet indicating string-to-key usage conventions.  0
       indicates that the secret key data is not encrypted.  255
       indicates that a string-to-key specifier is being given.  Any
       other value is a symmetric-key encryption algorithm specifier.

     - [Optional] If string-to-key usage octet was 255, a one-octet
       symmetric encryption algorithm.

     - [Optional] If string-to-key usage octet was 255, a string-to-key
       specifier.  The length of the string-to-key specifier is implied
       by its type, as described above.

     - [Optional] If secret data is encrypted, eight-octet Initial Vector.
                                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Is an IV used if the S2K Usage Identifier is greater than 0 or only if
it's 255 ?

And just another question - what is the latest PGP version that uses
most of the conventions made in the Open-PGP-Draft ?

Thanks and Bye

        Christoph 


-----------------------------------------------------------
Christoph Moser - Student of Computer Science and Business
                  University of Siegen

Email:            moser(_at_)student(_dot_)uni-siegen(_dot_)de
Tel. :            +49 271 71883 
-----------------------------------------------------------
PGP-Key available on request


<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
  • Secret Key Packets II, Christoph Moser <=