rsa keys in 1.0.6b 1023 or 1024?

[Florian Weimer]

disastry at saiknes.lv writes:

> 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

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

And signatures are required for key management...