Revoking key

[André Dahlqvist]

> Anything smaller than 2048 probably is too small. 2048 is a fine
> size.

If that's the case, which I doubt everyone agrees on, I think the GnuPG
manual should be updated. It currently states:

"The longer the key the more secure it is against brute-force attacks,
but for almost all purposes the default keysize is adequate since it
would be cheaper to circumvent the encryption than try to break it."

> > Another reason is that I have gotten the impression from the GnuPG
> > changelog that decryption is faster with keys generated with
> > v1.0.2, is this correct?
>
> I can't see why that would be correct.

What made me think so was the GnuPG changelog at appwatch.com:

http://www.appwatch.com/Linux/App/374/S/1/history.html

Among the changes this is mentioned: "New encryption keys are generated
in a way which allows a much faster decryption"

So is decryption faster in 1.0.2 only on newly generated keys, or on
keys created before too?
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// André