What's the outcome on this? I'm interested in large keys in default gnupg. That said, is there a reason why the patch isnt upstream yet? J. Leclanche
On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 3:12 AM, Ido Rosen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I've added gnupg-largekeys, which is the gnupg from Core, but patched to > extend the maximum key size to 65535 bits. Please note that unpatched > versions of gnupg can only import/encrypt to/verify signatures of key sizes > up to 16384 bits large, so you could keep your key sizes less than or equal > to that size for compatibility. > > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gnupg-largekeys > > I think gnupg2-large-keys.patch would be a great addition into the Arch > Core gnupg package, if not in its current form then at least modifying it > to increase the max key size to 16384 instead of 65535. For some > interesting numbers, take a look at > http://www.ecrypt.eu.org/documents/D.SPA.20.pdf (especially Table 7.2, see > 15424 bit RSA keys). Basically, it'd be nice for users to be able to > create keys larger than 4096 bits. > > Cheers, > Ido
