[Q] DSA 1024-bit limit.

David Shaw dshaw@jabberwocky.com
Thu May 15 03:28:03 2003


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On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 11:53:42AM -1000, Denis McCauley wrote:
> > Is there a limit on now large an RSA signing key can be?
> 
> 4096 bits with GPG, though there are some unofficial versions of PGP
> which can create RSA keys up to 16k.

Note that GnuPG can use those monster keys.  The restriction is only
on generating them (for the sake of sanity and interoperability).

David
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