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diff --git a/doc/OpenPGP b/doc/OpenPGP index c73eee4f8..ba44d87fb 100644 --- a/doc/OpenPGP +++ b/doc/OpenPGP @@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ which can be considered to be in compliance with RFC1991; this format is only created if a special option is active. + GnuPG uses a S2K mode of 101 for GNU extensions to the secret key + protection algorithms. This number is not defined in OpenPGP, but + given the fact that this number is in a range which used at many + other places in OpenPGP for private/experimenat algorithm identifiers, + this should be not a so bad choice. The 3 bytes "GNU" are used + to identify this as a GNU extension - see the file DETAILS for a + definition of the used data formats. + + Some Notes on OpenPGP / PGP Compatibility: ========================================== |