G'day Mike, * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050426 11:04]: > I always thought the length of key and its subordinate is the same but now > I got this > pub 1024D/17EEDBD7 1999-06-09 xxxxx xxxxx xxx xxxx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > sub 4096g/E10A5B9F 1999-06-09 > > so is it 1024 or 4096
The primary key is a signing DSA type 1024 bits long, the encryption ElGamal subkey is 4096 bits long. As they are doing two different jobs the lengths need not be the same. Have a look at http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.html#AEN26 for a brief comment on the lengths. I'm sure there are other more elucidating documents available if you look around a bit. Cheers, S.
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