On 27/09/10 16:21, Jameson Rollins wrote: > On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:56:52 +0200, Vjaceslavs Klimovs <vklim...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> I did some quick tests on Nokia N900 (600 MHz ARM CPU), with gnupg >> 1.4.6, here is what I got: >> >> Encrypting and signing, 2048 bit RSA keys: >> >> real 0m 2.50s >> user 0m 0.50s >> sys 0m 0.02s >> >> Decrypting and verifying, 2048 bit RSA keys: >> >> real 0m 1.74s >> user 0m 0.41s >> sys 0m 0.04s >> >> Encrypting and signing, 4096 bit RSA keys: >> >> real 0m 3.58s >> user 0m 1.92s >> sys 0m 0.06s >> >> Decrypting and veryfying, 4096 bit RSA keys: >> >> real 0m 3.80s >> user 0m 1.89s >> sys 0m 0.03s >> >> Is one second considered a rule of thumb limit? That would mean that >> 4096 keys are not suitable for widespread use yet. > > Then by that logic neither are 2048 bit keys. > > jamie.
2048 bit keys are suitable - it's "user+sys" what matters in this case, but not "real" by all means, as that includes waiting for passphrase input too. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
