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List:       gnupg-users
Subject:    Re: gnupg & RIPE DB
From:       Werner Koch <wk () gnupg ! org>
Date:       2001-02-27 9:04:08
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On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Hielke Christian Braun wrote:

> Hash: SHA1
> Is there a way to tell gnupg not to add this line to the
> message? Or another way to get gnupg and the RIPE db to

This is required per OpenPGP specs.  It has nothing to do with RSA
vs. DSA keys but is the OpenPGP feature needed for one pass
processing.  If this Hash: line is not present, MD5 is assumed but
DSA requires the use of a 160 bit hash and it should be SHA1 to be
DSS compliant.

ciao,

  Werner


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