What kind of key do I have?

[David Shaw]

On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 03:47:56PM +0100, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von B=
idder wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 11:26, Martin Bretschneider wrote:
> > Hi GnuPGs,
> >=20
> > I fill a form to make a certification motion=B9. I have to specify
> > whether my key is RSA or DSS/DH but I guess I have DSA & ElGamal
> > (default of GnuPG). Am I right? Are these keys useable with PGP
> > 5.0i(Linux)?
> >=20
> > I've created my keys (0x4EA52583) in April of 2001 using GnuPG 1.0.4
> > or so. Now I use GnuPG 1.2.1.
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> Hi!
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> You can see the key type from the gpg --list-key output:
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> pub  1024D/4EA52583 ...
> sub  4096g/364DD298 ...
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> This means a 1024 bit DSA key with a 4096 bit ElGamal subkey. RSA keys
> have 'R'.

Some keys don't map particularly well to the "RSA" vs "DSS/DH"
question.  My key (99242560) is a "RSA/DH".  Adrian, what would your
key be - a DSS/DH/DSS/DSS? ;)

David

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