Re: GPG key methods and sizes

["Dan Ritter-2" <user=13@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 09:26:57AM -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote: 
> I was about to generate a new key for myself using RSA with a 2048 bit 
> key, but I noticed that the default for GNUPG is DSA and Elgamal. 
> I was wondering since the El Gamal encryption has fairly recently been 
> added to GNU PG, would I still be better to use RSA/2048. 
> 
> Since my use is mostly digital signatures, and very little to convey 
> secure information, I would think that 2048 would be fine.  Just 
> looking for some opinions. I will be allowing my old key to expire. 

The only reason not to choose a longer key length is the extra 
time it takes to encrypt/decrypt. Why don't you test out DSA, 
RSA-2048, and  RSA-4096 on the hardware you use most often and 
see how much of a delay you can stand? 

-dsr- 


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