Hello Newton; Thanks for the reply. I should have also asked what is the maximum key size? > > I think the answer to the key size question is in the keygen code of > gnupg. > > It wants to create a key with bit-length size = to the nearest higher > multiple > of 64. > > 3008 is a multiple of 64 (the next higher for 3000). > 3000 is not a multiple of 64. >