Key generation, subkeys and improved documentation

[Sandeep Murthy]

Just out of curiosity I wanted to know the kind of numbers we are dealing with if
we use keys with length 16384.  Here’s the biggest :)

118973149535723176508575932662800713076344468709651023747267482
123326135818048368690448859547261203991511543748483930925889766
738130868742627452469834156500608087163436600489752214325161953
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604433840488612290528685531323615869599988579010635701812081536
332078096432371275716429061340687520241736532395026788008906751
737227061083564754575578079343162221345190381785963069031134385
065753936064964519328317829176765896540528511355613436979328172
588801590841467528983253806341923488859989898062311402512167447
205187243932132319840294270534136695127473901459381689828899444
517340036461792837713807441134579184857359507717043764419174388
964488537768473832224060823907906139947567533473978401649174262
148522901484767233597789715839733422634973481144165307775825098
892603089478960467615310425726014180682302758800344195145532770
159807128158959716941396560843950498317125506228202662620004804
214980820000206099343368123762385788062747972707287748283843870
504803416463333701338540599804070190866238730160501818826257372
376627924079893171770880790174026540793097641964887786960401751
769193868798808800894425125882696968836419413394578015784436494
605271365545490632718742853189510027869511932349680870363043619
392759269234482081283429736447868686206416904245855513653205505
050818989186684686379991764754729137157350070101519755909745304
003303152068351821649419563669607774811059828490134361146921427
412181049507797927555664516498385006205106651708464736946403664
056933946483717218335295687391204264000361161878927819571005209
456276130670355184033011064510199543516762668866962776382060434
248035790641535421273294675607300690708887049612505006815665925
276129766406549834749266179882406231221040927458456558726484641
765016012317587403472626195728908146619765155383074442470969863
475362777035622712614505254912522944804014911479568135987596851
280857524427187145545408489498615502079480698093921565805531916
564168110596645415995147690858312972150329881658514207306148088
802176981833841712939687837145957584605258314292844724970369854
812529577592093645002265142724994958070820396608284755092189115
213332104801197388363657782553332598885215632543933502131531213
408139045102125536370790349591696312592420116787719010893525591
453948821689711794326937360863907447279275111671512710639642508
135355313721355289053980260297864531979510097643293909192466022
887891290065421011828729829870738215971718456954051540302917330
729245439178956867421964076145117360061775218699191336683703388
720158207162586824713310451331509727471344272834060664289040649
663610444321775281122747002916285809372770104964649954022098398
193278661320425422646424368961010742992319763868154583756177353
556898453605362723442427710576092486402378162966552631491090696
048807347521700512113631187043992576250866603256621375041669571
991967422321060672472137347123402161354071218823990970197194394
434748031421790388631776777992153989217733434436890755031880083
354685234437032708928414750164058944848200125423738668007445734
191093377489195968101651606910614990557242581089558693883306749
020490036862416630196855300568704028509545048484007352864382657
040376715728651238025510995451885701347658818930000413884971588
313986607154757481647672763511643546280440111271139252918057079
419342268681835321279906897224769719147426815791219597379419280
729888695236110088026425880132092804001192815397080113074133955
000329901592497825993697435872628614398052011245436927111408374
791900780340659632135341700406886944340547214067596364099740500
922580350567272646509550626733926889242436456189766190689842418
677049103534408039924832709791171288114017038418205860161475828
420075018350032935849969186406659053966070906953738160188767904
665775965458800193711777134469832642879262289433801611244553353
944708746204976340914754209924881552139592938800771117201789489
779370660427348098516102881545878791116097911342243355754917090
544202639727569528320730533184541999074934781052400619419720059
165214786719369625433786498160383314635420170062881794717751811
521767435201651117234772772707522005617774821892859715834674454
133710735842775791966056258388382326217896169178722611886563276
493428877240585975487775986923553065392993790119361166900747235
474636076460187244203137994413982436682869879021292299617419272
862589172005761250934910048254596415204647792511444650073216410
909934525979945569009557678868639748706194885474902486360792185
783420579379718883477965627347911238858570642483637907235541028
678701852740165393421988836106194967196105506868696146801903562
974942408658719504100440491526647627276107051156838706340126413
651723721140991645879634762494921590453393721093752046579830017
540801753886231271904236103712933889658602815004659607887244436
556448054568903357595570298839671974452821298414257848395400508
426432773084098542002140906948541232080526852009414679887611041
458317039047398248889922809181821393428829567971736994315246044
7027290669964066816

Sandeep Murthy
s.murthy at mykolab.com

> On 7 Jan 2015, at 02:30, MFPA <2014-667rhzu3dc-lists-groups at riseup.net> wrote:
> 
> Signed PGP part
> Hi
> 
> 
> On Monday 5 January 2015 at 10:46:54 PM, in
> <mid:4F6CE41D-0A52-42B8-A413-159F3505E204 at yahoo.com>, Nex6|Bill wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > But I have seen some of the more
> > paranoid privacy folks doing 4096 key pairs.
> 
> I'm sure I have even seen discussions about 16384-bit. I seem to
> recall somebody posting where the code would need changing to allow
> this, but cautioning such a key would be unusable by virtually
> everybody else.
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Best regards
> 
> MFPA                    mailto:2014-667rhzu3dc-lists-groups at riseup.net
> 
> She looked like butter wouldn't melt in her mouth - or anywhere else.
> 
> 
> 
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