I've now chosen RSA 4096/4096 because your answers are plausible to me. Thank you for helping me! Alexander Delau
Alexander Delau wrote: > > I'm a beginner in encrypting E-Mails. It would bei nice if you could help > me in my question: > > I want to use GnuPG with a masterkey (to sign) and a subkey (to encrypt) > on Windows XP (GnuPG 1.4.9) and Ubuntu (GnuPG ?.?.?). > > Now I'm not sure, what keys i should use after typing "gpg --gen-key > --expert" and what keys are secure. > > DSA/ElGamal: It's the default setting, but DSA only encrypts with 1024bit. > DSA2: I don't know if it's compatible with other versions. > RSA/ElGamal: RSA can encrypt with 4096bit, but I read that it is more > unsecure than DSA. > > So can I use the default setting DSA/ElGamal 1024/4096 or should I use RSA > with a higher bit number? > > Thank you for your help. > > Best greetings from Germany > Alexander Delau > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Question-of-a-beginner%3A-DSA-ElGamal-or-RSA-Elgamal-with-a-higher-number-of-encryption--tp24200816p24250530.html Sent from the GnuPG - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
