[MlMt] Hash Function Parameter? What Am I Missing Here?

[Benny Kjær Nielsen]

On 2 Dec 2013, at 20:31, Scott Blystone wrote:

> On 2 Dec 2013, at 12:00, mailmate-request at lists.freron.com wrote:
>
>> For OpenPGP the hash function is not set in stone, but you can set a
>> list of preferred hash functions, e.g., one of my keys has the 
>> following
>> list:
>>
>> 	Digest: SHA256, SHA1, SHA384, SHA512, SHA224
>
> I'm not a developer. I'm a network security engineer (recently 
> retired). I do have the statement "default-preference-list SHA512 
> SHA384 SHA256 SHA224 AES256 AES192 AES CAST5 ZLIB BZIP2 ZIP 
> Uncompressed" in my gpg.conf file, and I think that this is what you 
> are mentioning.

Yes, the user can set what is generated by default for new keys, but 
each key can have its own list of preferences and this is what I kind of 
need to know to properly fill in the `micalg` parameter. At least I 
believe I know now how to implement this properly for OpenPGP messages.

-- 
Benny
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