what are the sub keys

Jerome Baum jerome at jeromebaum.com
Tue Mar 22 17:13:03 CET 2011


"Robert J. Hansen" <rjh at sixdemonbag.org> writes:

> And this is where I part ways with you.  There is no reason not to bump
> key length up to 4096.  There is also no reason not to use SHA512 with a
> DSA-1k key, for instance.  Sure, only 160 bits of SHA512 will be used, but
> that's not a reason not to use it.  It's not as if you're making the system
> weaker.

Correct me if I'm  wrong on this one, but it does  make your key weaker,
right?

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PGP: 2C23 EBFF DF1A 840D 2351 F5F5 F25B A03F 2152 36DA
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