* Werner Koch <w...@gnupg.org> [110831 08:45, mID <877h5uozaa....@vigenere.g10code.de>]:
> On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:40, go...@fsfe.org said: > > > AFAIR, 3072 bit keys have to be generated on the card. If you use > > off-card generation, you are limited to 2048 bits. > > Really? That would be a bug. I had this problem back in 2009. > In case it really does not work the workaround is to first create a key > with 3072 bits on the card and then overwrite it by importing a 3072 bit > key. The background is that we need to switch the card into an n-bit > mode before we generate or import a key. This sounds like a good reason for what I experienced. If I find the time, I'll try it out and maybe switch to bigger subkeys. Martin
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