laying groundwork for an eventual migration away from SHA1 with gpg

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Wed May 6 20:46:41 CEST 2009


On Wed,  6 May 2009 16:30, dkg at fifthhorseman.net said:

> I agree with you that it might give some users the wrong impression
> about the security of the archive, but i'm not sure what a better
> alternative is.  Certainly the explicit inclusion of the term

The common wisdom is to use 2048 bit RSA for valuable keys.

> Do you have any suggestions for what to change?

Now that it is in use stick to it.  I just couldn't resist to tell what
I am thinking if I see such a key.


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner

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