The key size warning

Len Sassaman rabbi@quickie.net
Tue Mar 26 08:59:02 2002


On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Werner Koch wrote:

> This is probably Lucky Green's announcement - don't forget to read
> also Ian Goldberg's reply.  No need to change the suggested keysize,

I have to disagree with you, Werner. The current warning appears to
discourage users from generating 2048 bit and greater keys. There's really
no necessity for doing so.

I also think that 768 bit keys shouldn't be permitted to be generated.