On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:03, benja...@py-soft.co.uk said: > * Maximum key size increased to 8192 bits; recommended for expert users only
I do not think this is a good idea. There is no point in such a long key size. The simplest reason against this is that the keysize is not the weakest link in the system - at least the bugs in the software prevail all such theoretical improvements. Another and real practical reason against such a long key is that it will unusable on my smartphone. >From past experience we know that many users will use such ridiculous long keys. As of now I have only 1 8k RSA key in my keyring compared to 22 4k, 108 2k and 172 1k. I hope we can keep the number of 8k keys at bay until everyone will be using ECC. Salam-Shalom, Werner -- Die Gedanken sind frei. Ausnahmen regelt ein Bundesgesetz. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
