gnupg, can v1.0.6 be used to gen RSA keys?

JanuszA.Urbanowicz JanuszA.Urbanowicz
Thu Dec 27 18:25:02 2001


Newton Hammet wrote/napisał[a]/schrieb:
> 
> Hello gnupg users,
> 
>    Going through the source code and testing the gpg command line,
> I don't see a way to gen an RSA-type public key.  the FAQ says that
> after ver1.0.3, that RSA is supported.  Does this mean it is only
> supported for encryption with RSA public keys, and not with RSA
> key generation and of course RSA private key decryption?

yes and no. stable GPG can use RSA keys for encryption and decryption, but
can not generate them. development snapshot of 1.0.6 can also generate them
and this feature will be supported in 1.0.7, I believe.

Alex
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