tag in a RSA v.4 subkey

Len Sassaman rabbi@quickie.net
Mon Jul 9 23:31:02 2001 

On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Kai Raven wrote:


> Shouldn't be the RSA v.4 subkey of key Test2 a

> Pub alg - RSA Encrypt-Only (pub2)?

> And complies a RSA v.4 subkey RFC2440?


No, public key algorithms type 2 and 3 are deprecated.

All current RSA keys should be public key algorithm type 1.

The usage of the key is specified using the "key flags" (2440:5.2.3.20).


--Len.