Re: PGP and key storage.

Ulf =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=F6ller?= (ulf@fitug.de)
Thu, 1 Oct 98 23:15 +0200

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> Defaults for PGP 2.x are IDEA, MD5, simple. With the same passphrase,
> you can get an XOR of the two keys.

No you can't. Each encrypted PGP 2.x key packet contains an 8 byte IV.

The PGP key format is described in the OpenPGP draft at
ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-openpgp-formats-07.txt

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