Create key's over 4096 bit ????

[Ludwig Hügelschäfer]

On 22.12.2005 10:35 Uhr, Johan Wevers wrote:
> Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> 
>> - And even from a cryptographic point of view this wouldn't make sense 
>> (as far as I know), as currently hashfunctions are the weak point of the 
>> whole system.
> 
> That depends on what you consider important. Hash functions are only used
> for signing;

Ack. And for protection of the private key.

> for encryption, currently the 256 bit algo's are the strongest.

Please don't mix symmetrical encryption strength (I suppose you are
referring to the session key length/encryption algo) with asymmetrical
encryption strength.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest element.

Ludwig

BTW: Sorry for first replying via PM