NODE b57b68442048-bit keys??
just curious, how many random bytes does it take to generate these fuckers and can the keyservers out their handle em yet?
2048-bit keys??
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NODE 8000a4cfRe: 2048-bit keys??
> just curious, how many random bytes does it take to generate these > fuckers and can the keyservers out their handle em yet? Well, it needs about 2048 bits of randomness, I would guess. It depends on how many bits/keystroke you can get on your machine... As for the keyservers, well, I know that mine (pgp.mit.edu) can. I should let you know that there is a small buglet in PGP 2.6.2 that will not allow you to generate 2048-bit keys. It limits you to 2047 bits (there is a piece of code that leaves that one extra bit up there -- oops). This shouldn't affect anything, except people will only get 2047 bits instead of 2048, but I personally do not consider this a problem. -derek
NODE 7a409fa7Re: 2048-bit keys??
On Sun, 4 Dec 1994 anonymous-remailer@shell.portal.com wrote: > just curious, how many random bytes does it take to generate these > fuckers and can the keyservers out their handle em yet? > Well, when I generated my key today, it asked for 1115 random keystrokes and the overall generation took a good 20-25 minutes on my 486-33. As for the keyservers, I'm not sure why they wouldn't handle them. Afterall, I had a non-standard key before and they handled that, bak in the v 2.3a days. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Terka | werewolf@io.org | public key (werewolf) by Toronto,Canada | dg507@cleveland.freenet.edu | public key server or request ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NODE 7ee03ad4Re: 2048-bit keys??
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In article <199412042331.PAA14197@jobe.shell.portal.com>, you wrote:
> just curious, how many random bytes does it take to generate these
> fuckers and can the keyservers out their handle em yet?
I don't know about the servers, but I am told viacrypt can't handle them. I
tried to upload my big key to sled for verification and according to them
viacrypt choked on it...strange.
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