[Remops] Generating a stronger PGP key?

Lance Cottrell loki at obscura.com
Mon Mar 17 22:40:26 GMT 2014


No worries! Obviously it never did completely replace the Type-1.  :)


--
Lance Cottrell
loki at obscura.com



On Mar 17, 2014, at 2:00 PM, Crypto <crypto at jpunix.net> wrote:

> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> On 3/17/2014 3:53 PM, Lance Cottrell wrote:
>> I designed Mixmaster to be backwards compatible, but it was
>> certainly always my hope that Mixmaster would replace the older
>> remailers.
>> 
>> Back in the early 1990’s longer keys were a significant performance
>> issue. As I recall, that is why we went with 1024 for PGP.
>> 
>> -- Lance Cottrell loki at obscura.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 17, 2014, at 1:26 PM, Bergman Admin <bergmin at xcis.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 17/03/14 04:11 PM, Crypto wrote:
>>>> Mixmaster was NEVER intended to replace the type-I Ghio
>>>> remailer.
>>> 
>>> I stand corrected. And thanks for the explanation.
>>> 
>>> It's amazing, isn't it, how computational power has increased
>>> over such a relatively short time.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Bergman Remailer Admin 0x770251F2
> 
> Hello Lance!
> 
> I'll let you take over from here! :) My apologies for mis-stating the
> intent of Mixmaster. I didn't think we were going to replace the
> Type-I, just augment it. You are the true Mix"master"! :)
> 
> - -- 
> Crypto
> 
> Keywords: terrorism, bombs, jogging, suntan lotion,
> nails, pellets, knives, shoes, underwear, milk, socks,
> hair, toenails, masturbation, gasoline, cooking oil,
> mayonnaise, bananas, Obama, Clinton, EFF, NSA, FBI,
> PGP, USA, pressure cooker, marathon, fertilizer
> 
> Keywords are not necessarily in order of importance
> 
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> Version: GnuPG v2.0.21-beta27 (MingW32)
> Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/
> 
> iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTJ2JjAAoJENm5+F4XN2I53pUP/2Uy8YZ+lBMuPO27h8LqGlNU
> qQL7UrkIhCHLjgfCoV91Uy5o66hrjcdnnqAOKowFnHNPAeJ5H2VwE3qu6ziKAntT
> 1JM7cI288maqybDFCGeBkN4ZDMaOuxx103KGFqrFD+wstD7/lnrGxLiw9jvOTI8T
> fRi7xyowl/OzjZIl/B5ggtakGZUX//1wlruRl9h3h/lDGsTiU87u0HtrvRWwqEC0
> UxmnvC9Cu2jlJiB4UkJ0fMlUHpxBkUADeXk2R+UsVKiHhOcaSX0gMWcg3Y5vcarm
> Tf0LMpmC64jazGxCqtVOzTwJcqFoZmhJXq694pkLZP0g6q3C4dJQcvBpSDczyNxI
> UolD4Hw0tCi3s3vVOdBJsGrI+KWhSKCLKA+wE9QaWqzs0ffJVo4iIgRoDHHuAKX+
> jlRGkRYV2vaxqjupQ6V1AjQsYeczPpQaHvAjc0I8vknOyP9lFGgl4lbBZCzp+B3c
> 3gf2SbKmpBwS1vIBpW6Axqp0LcYtl5yB6tXm7U0UsSJWvh1lbEjVhQW5uD1oDToc
> 5V421V13r8xU9sspgq2ZCObO4RahK/FoBddiqDQgAIgiZCeOoaBKe0czRh9IWo3Q
> ESlIO6UgEHB2wjnHZt2Td+rnhi9ZZ0nvrct1uE1Bn50SYibbzfsIBm1idf3YvVLv
> 6c9sZAaeftvdZb5V4919
> =mZbk
> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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