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Date:      Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:37:29 +0100
From:      Peo Nilsson <per-olof.nilsson@comhem.se>
To:        FreeBSD quest-list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   gnupg keysize
Message-ID:  <1195144649.48014.4.camel@zeus.se>

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Dear listmembers.

When browsing:
http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.html#INTRO

It says:
"The size of a DSA key must be between 512 and 1024 bits".
It also says:
"The ElGamal key may be of any size".

Who and why has defined this?
In my opinion, the size of a key is a question for the user.


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/Peo



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