3072 bit keys, smartcards and bugs (was: 8192bit RSA keys)

2009-07-13 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Werner Koch [2009.07.10.1532 +0200]: > > I have a 4096 bit RSA key -- can I create 2048 or 3072 bit > > 4096 is in fact also supported but that would require major > changes in GnuPG, thus this published limit of 3072 Could you give us a hint why GnuPG would need changing? >

Re: gnupg not building with gcc4 and --enable-minimal option

2009-07-13 Thread Senthilkumar .E
gnupg-1.4.7 version has this problem -Senthil --- On Wed, 8/7/09, David Shaw wrote: From: David Shaw Subject: Re: gnupg not building with gcc4 and --enable-minimal option To: "Senthilkumar .E" Cc: "GnuPG Users" Date: Wednesday, 8 July, 2009, 6:59 PM On Jul 7, 2009, at 12:08 PM, Senthilkumar

Re: 8192bit RSA keys

2009-07-13 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach David Shaw [2009.07.09.2040 +0200]: > http://shop.kernelconcepts.de/product_info.php?cPath=1_26&products_id=42 > > They say they have the new cards in stock now. So they say key length up to 3k. Does that affect key generation only? If not, why wouldn't those cards be able to handle