2048-bit keys??
Derek Atkins
warlord at MIT.EDU
Sun Dec 4 16:04:09 PST 1994
> 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
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