[46365] in Cypherpunks
Re: 2047 bit keys in PGP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sten Drescher)
Wed Jan 3 13:16:43 1996
To: "Douglas F. Elznic" <delznic@storm.net>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: Sten Drescher <dreschs@austnsc.tandem.com>
From: Sten Drescher <stend@cris.com>
Date: 03 Jan 1996 12:02:52 -0600
In-Reply-To: "Douglas F. Elznic"'s message of Tue, 02 Jan 1996 22:57:52 -0500
This message is in PGP/MIME format, according to the Internet Draft
draft-elkins-pem-pgp-02.txt. For more information, see:
http://www.c2.org/~raph/pgpmime.html
(Actually, trailing whitespace is not treated specially,
so it is a proposal likely to be adopted in the 03 draft.)
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"Douglas F. Elznic" <delznic@storm.net> said:
DE> What is the deal with the 2047 bit keys? How do you produce one? IS
DE> it compatible with international versions?
=09When you do 'pgp -kg', you are asked to pick a PGP key size, and
given 3 preselected sizes. You can select one of the sizes, or enter
your own choice. Actually, the pgp source will allow 2048, but there is
a bug in the DOS version (from the compiler) that limits that one to
2047. The international version is identical to the domestic one,
except for the RSA code, so everything is interoperable. There is a
hacked version that allows 4096 bit keys, and the supersized keys are
incompatible.
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#include <disclaimer.h>=09=09=09=09/* Sten Drescher */
To get my PGP public key, send me email with your public key and
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