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gpg: default to 3072-bit RSA keys.

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gpg: default to 3072-bit RSA keys.

* agent/command.c (hlp_genkey): update help text to suggest the use of
3072 bits.
* doc/wks.texi: Make example match default generation.
* g10/keygen.c (DEFAULT_STD_KEY_PARAM): update to
rsa3072/cert,sign+rsa3072/encr, and fix neighboring comment,
(gen_rsa, get_keysize_range): update default from 2048 to 3072).
* g10/keyid.c (pubkey_string): update comment so that first example
is the default 3072-bit RSA.

3072-bit RSA is widely considered to be 128-bit-equivalent security.
This is a sensible default in 2017.

Gbp-Pq: Topic update-defaults
Gbp-Pq: Name 0015-gpg-default-to-3072-bit-RSA-keys.patch

  • Signed-off-by: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>

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dkgAuthored on Sep 8 2017, 12:41 AM
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rG7955262151a5: gpgsm: default to 3072-bit keys.
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