XKCD says it best: https://www.xkcd.com/538/
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Werner Koch <w...@gnupg.org> wrote: > On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:00, b...@adversary.org said: > >> I understand the reasons for this, but is there any reason for not >> using an 8kb (or larger) master/certification key with more normal >> subkeys (e.g. a 2048-bit signing subkey and a 4096-bit encryption > > Actually the primary keys are the most worry some. I have a one 8k key > in my keyring and checking the key signatures made but that key takes a > noticeable time. Imagine everyone would use such keys and also consider > that nowadays more and more low-processing power devices are used. > > Such keys are at best a political statement and a good laugh for some > NSA folks. > > > Shalom-Salam, > > Werner -- David Tomaschik, RHCE, LPIC-1 System Administrator/Open Source Advocate OpenPGP: 0x5DEA789B http://systemoverlord.com da...@systemoverlord.com _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
