what are the sub keys

Jerome Baum jerome at jeromebaum.com
Tue Mar 22 22:54:27 CET 2011


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

> On 3/22/11 5:22 PM, Jerome Baum wrote:
>> Obviously, if  I am not using  a smart card  and doing other stuff
>> on a device  that can't cope  with RSA-4096  keys, then  I am
>> probably smart enough to ignore the default, right?
>
> This is a rudely-phrased question.  I either have to grant that you are,
> or have to say that you're not smart enough to ignore the default.

Actually, I would have used "one" (German: "man"), but then people would
have screamed about my use of language. I don't do this kind of stuff on
such a device. :)

In any case your advice on simplicity is a very sound argument. I really
hadn't  considered that it  might cause  confusion. See,  that's getting
carried  off on  the technical  side. Ladies  and gentlemen,  Mr. Conway
Twitty!

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