[24420] in Cypherpunks
RE: Have 2.6.2 but cant gen 2048 bits
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Johnathan Corgan)
Wed Dec 21 17:20:39 1994
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 94 13:30:19 PST
From: Johnathan Corgan <jcorgan@netcom.com>
To: DNA <Tony.Gurnick@nzdairy.co.nz>, cypherpunks@toad.com
Cc: jcorgan@netcom.com
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> Following is the output from pgp2.6.2 and me trying to generate
>2048 bit keys. What am i doing rong?
You'll probably get multiple answers for this. The code in PGP that
allows you to enter 2048 bit keys isn't enabled until 12/25/94, so you
need to set your clock ahead to try this (and don't forget to set it
back--I spent three days sending people "Christmas" mail :)
Also, though I'm not sure why, it seems that the generated keys are only
2047 bits in length. This was my experience, and has been reported in
alt.security.pgp by a number of others as well. Expect about a 15-20
minute key generation time on a 486/66 PC.
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Johnathan Corgan "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent"
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AlBTiq80CZjVAhTR80d8ckID36cKLRjRKq3kafKqzWoDfevL8UwxXbORIs0kyo6h
qnQAg98qOOQMkSh8yxYHOfYL612VMKDMuBlXDSC4dNnItkmCwex780TnZRuq9Hc/
SmkiusdPEFQ=
=GFPO
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