Which OpenPGP implementation does EFT use?

THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE APPLIES TO:

• EFT version 7 and later

QUESTION

Which implementation of OpenPGP does EFT use?

ANSWER

Enhanced File Transfer (EFT) adheres to the OpenPGP standard and is RFC 4880 compliant. Note that OpenPGP is a standard and has no version. Refer to RFC 4880 for details.

EFT supports the following ciphers for OpenPGP:

• IDEA
• 3-DES
• CAST 5
• Twofish
• AES128
• AES192
• AES256

EFT supports the following hashing algorithms for OpenPGP:

• MD 5
• SHA –1
• RIPEMD-160
• SHA-256
• SHA-384
• SHA-512