[Gpg4win-users-en] Installing IDEA on Windows XP

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Tue Nov 27 12:27:22 CET 2007


On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:00, jrolland at wiremail.org said:

> I am installing gpg4win-1.1.3.exe on Windows XP for a friend. I want  
> to install the IDEA module so he can use my old RSA key (yes, I have  
> been using PGP that long!).

There is no need to use IDEA for old RSA keys.  A better way is to
migrate the key (remove the passphrase with pgp 2, export the key and
import the key in gpg or pgp-8 and set the passphrase again.).


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner

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