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Maniphest T1425

Please default to 4096 bit keys for RSA
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Description

It has been requested, that gnupg should default to 4096 bit keys for RSA
(currently 2048). We believe, that the decision about this user request needs to
been made by the gnupg upstream authors.

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External Link
http://bugs.debian.org/644385
Version
1.4.12

Event Timeline

• dleidert set External Link to http://bugs.debian.org/644385.Jul 17 2012, 8:02 PM
• dleidert set Version to 1.4.12.
• dleidert added projects: Feature Request, Debian, gnupg.
• dleidert added a subscriber: • dleidert.
• werner added a subscriber: • werner.Jul 18 2012, 2:29 PM

We don't see a reason for this. 2k is the current best practise. See the long
discussions on gnupg-users which pop up every few months.

• werner closed this task as Resolved.Jul 18 2012, 2:29 PM
• werner claimed this task.
• werner added a project: Won't Fix.