1024 key with large sub key

Whitey whitey at posteo.net
Wed Oct 4 18:13:00 CEST 2017


Werner Koch wrote:
> Please not again.  That whole largeRSA key mess was a compromise to
> silence a very few individuals who had, well, interesting ideas on
> required key sizes.  Sometimes it is easier to add an option than to
> spend hours on discussing their non-need.  It is kind of similar to
> Camellia or Brainpool - I don't see a reason for those alsorithms but if
> they are needed for policy or political reasons, let's add them and
> forget about it.

Are those the only two in GnuPG you don't see a need for?  What
algorithms do you prefer?

-- 
Whitey



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