rsa keys in 1.0.6b 1023 or 1024?

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Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> If I understood Prof. Dr. Gerhard Frey from university in Essen correctly,
> above 1024 bits doesn't make sense because the hash function is the weak

gpg uses much better hash function SHA1 or RIPEMD160

and hash function is used only for signing,
so it can't be the weak part of the chain in encryption.

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