...1.0.7 gonna publish my key / RSA ?

[R. Bradley Tilley]

Does it have anything to do with weak encryption?

http://www.rsasecurity.com/news/releases/pr.asp?doc_id=3D1400


On Thursday 26 September 2002 04:56 pm, Newton Hammet wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I am now researching this thing about RSA keys and compatability
> with PGP, particularly later versions where it says RSA can be
> added for "backward compatability" with older versions of PGP.
>
> Why is PGP discontinuing support for RSA keys?  I can't image there are
> patent issues.  I thought the patent expired on Sept 20, 2000 (source:
> Applied Cryptography).
>
> Does it have to do with patent not expiring overseas?  Is it an ITAR is=
sue?
>
> I am curious, because I like the algorithm, but don't want to use it if=
 it
> will cause interoperability problems.
>
> Regards, Newton
>
> Adrian von Bidder wrote:
> > [could you consider cutting your lines to something around 72 chars?]
> >
> > > (What is
> > > he trying to hide?)  I didn't see any others out there with 2048-bi=
t
> > > keys, so I wonder.
> >
> > I doubt anybody will really notice. 1024 bit are the default right no=
w,
> > so most people go with that. There are quite a few bigger keys out th=
ere
> > - chosing key size is just a question of judging how fast computers w=
ill
> > get (or if there will be any major maths breakthrough) in the future,
> > peoples opinions vary.
> >
> > > (William Jefferson Clinton has a 1024-bit key, but Al Gore, (invent=
or
> > > of the internet) does not, apparently... lol)
> >
> > Clinton, really!? And who told you this? I hope you've read about the
> > idea behind the web of trust, and how to make sure that a key really
> > belongs to the 'right' owner. The one key on wwwkeys.pgp.net keyserve=
r
> > does not have any signatures on it...
> >
> > > Comments are welcome.  I probably won't change from RSA though, cau=
se I
> > > like that algorithm. Don't know if DSA or ELGamal are more secure f=
or
> > > same key length though. I think ElGamal may be secure even
> > > if there is a breakthrough in factoring but only if that does not a=
lso
> > > mean a breakthrough in finding
> > > descrete logarithms.... Don't know.
> >
> > Depending on the people you will exchange messages with, you may want=
 to
> > double-check for interoperability problems with other openpgp
> > implementations (PGP, hushmail) as your key is not the default.
> >
> > cheers
> > -- vbi
> >
> > --
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> >
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> >
> > =20
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