Timeline for How does gpg know what cipher algorithm is needed for decryption?
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| Sep 22, 2019 at 23:37 | comment | added | Trevor Boyd Smith |
@tylo thank you for referencing the "security-through-obscurity" i was going to ask ""is NOT announcing" or "trying to hide your encryption method" just "security through obscurity"?". i guess i'll have to read about it now.
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| Sep 22, 2019 at 19:16 | comment | added | tylo | Not telling the encryption method is not better - that would be security-through-obscurity. That doesn't improve security at all. | |
| Sep 20, 2019 at 19:23 | history | edited | kelalaka | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 20, 2019 at 18:42 | answer | added | Squeamish Ossifrage | timeline score: 8 | |
| Sep 20, 2019 at 18:36 | history | edited | Trevor Boyd Smith | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 20, 2019 at 18:30 | review | First posts | |||
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| Sep 20, 2019 at 18:27 | history | asked | Trevor Boyd Smith | CC BY-SA 4.0 |