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Re: [openpgp] 4880bis: Update S2K

2015-04-28 23:57:05
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 12:01 AM, Werner Koch <wk(_at_)gnupg(_dot_)org> wrote:
On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 00:00, jon(_at_)callas(_dot_)org said:

keeping S2K-3 as a MAY algorithm for backward compatibility
(symmetrically encrypted messages).

I agree, but only to the extent that the language is limited to
decryption. E.g.:

An implementation MAY decrypt SKESKs using the deprecated S2K
algorithm, but MUST NOT create new SKESKs using those algorithms.

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