nominet gpg: protection algorithm 1 (IDEA) is not supported

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Article ID:	55
Created On:	Jan 10 2007 11:18 PM

Answer

Problem:
When I run a queue job in debug mode using the nominet module I'm getting this error:
gpg: protection algorithm 1 (IDEA) is not supported

Resolution:
Key is generated with an old pgp version, to solve this either install the idea plugin ( some countries might be a problem regards the use! of the idea plugin )
or get the latest Windows version of PGP and generate a new key.

Note: NOT all freeware versions of gpg/pgp will give you the option to generate a new key with only your Nominet TAG, almost all programs will ask you for an email address, this will NOT be accepted by Nominet, you MUST generate a key without emailaddress.

Be sure you generate with SHA1 and at least 1024.

More info: http://www.nominet.org.uk/tech/pgp/FAQs/creating/