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Allow OCB encryption in 2.2
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Given that we use OCB already for some time in 2.3 and thus Gpg4win 4 and that decryption support is available for even longer in 2.2 and 2.3, its time to also allow encryption using OCB mode and create the keys with the AEAD feature flag set.

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rG0a355b2fe7d8 gpg: Add compatibility flag "vsd-allow-ocb"
rGa545e14e8a74 gpg: Support OCB encryption.

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• werner triaged this task as Normal priority.Oct 31 2022, 2:32 PM
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• werner added a commit: rGa545e14e8a74: gpg: Support OCB encryption..Oct 31 2022, 2:39 PM
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Works, setting "compatibility-flags vsd-allow-ocb" in the gpg.conf causes new keys to be generated with the AEAD feature flag OCB. And encryption to that key then uses OCB mode as long as the compatibility-flags is set.

• ebo moved this task from QA to gnupg-2.2.42 on the gnupg22 board.Sep 26 2023, 9:41 AM
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• werner mentioned this in T6307: Release GnuPG 2.2.42.Nov 28 2023, 4:59 PM