Re:PGPfone (1995)
by p4bl0 on Saturday August 31, 2013 @05:45PM
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That's not specific to PGP at all.
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Re:PGPfone (1995)
by verandaguy on Saturday August 31, 2013 @07:50PM
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No, but it's known for being commonly used in PGP. I could be wrong, but that's what I understand when someone says, "PGP-style encryption."
"PGP-style encryption" probably implies public-key cryptography.
Like the other poster said, using various computer inputs to feed the entropy source during key generation is not specific to PGP or public-key cryptography at all.
Re:PGPfone (1995)
by verandaguy on Sunday September 01, 2013 @01:09AM
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That seems like a misleadingly-broad term, but sure. IMO, public-key cryptography (or just asymmetric crypto) is already an improvement over "the Diffie-Hellman key exchange," which is what's generally implied when talking about public-key crypto.