> Isn't it a bit too short?
Mileage varies, but it looks a bit long for a modern processor.

Below is from a Core 2 Duo 2.1 GHz T6500 with lots of RAM.

>  windows system with C++Builder 2010
Sorry - on a linux system at the moment. The EXE was built with -
DNDEBUG and then strip'd.

Jeff

~/cryptopp$ ./rsa_kgen.exe 8192
Elapsed time for 8192 RSA key: 15.50 seconds
~/cryptopp$ ./rsa_kgen.exe 8192
Elapsed time for 8192 RSA key: 17.67 seconds
~/cryptopp$ ./rsa_kgen.exe 8192
Elapsed time for 8192 RSA key: 26.48 seconds
~/cryptopp$ ./rsa_kgen.exe 8192
Elapsed time for 8192 RSA key: 17.35 seconds
~/cryptopp$ ./rsa_kgen.exe 8192
Elapsed time for 8192 RSA key: 1.93 seconds
~/cryptopp$ ./rsa_kgen.exe 8192
Elapsed time for 8192 RSA key: 27.00 seconds
~/cryptopp$ ./rsa_kgen.exe 8192
Elapsed time for 8192 RSA key: 32.93 seconds
~/cryptopp$ ./rsa_kgen.exe 8192
Elapsed time for 8192 RSA key: 21.74 seconds

~/cryptopp$ ./rsa_kgen.exe 15360
Elapsed time for 15360 RSA key: 4 minutes, 11.17 seconds
~/cryptopp$ ./rsa_kgen.exe 15360
Elapsed time for 15360 RSA key: 3 minutes, 59.56 seconds
~/cryptopp$ ./rsa_kgen.exe 15360
Elapsed time for 15360 RSA key: 1 minute, 13.67 seconds
~/cryptopp$ ./rsa_kgen.exe 15360
Elapsed time for 15360 RSA key: 2 minutes, 9.23 seconds
~/cryptopp$ ./rsa_kgen.exe 15360
Elapsed time for 15360 RSA key: 1 minute, 34.89 seconds
~/cryptopp$ ./rsa_kgen.exe 15360
Elapsed time for 15360 RSA key: 1 minute, 51.34 seconds
~/cryptopp$ ./rsa_kgen.exe 15360
Elapsed time for 15360 RSA key: 6 minutes, 52.55 seconds
~/cryptopp$ ./rsa_kgen.exe 15360
Elapsed time for 15360 RSA key: 4 minutes, 34.83 seconds

On Aug 15, 9:45 am, John <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm new to Crypto++ and wanted to test RSA encryption. I compiled the
> "cryptest" application on a windows system with C++Builder 2010 and
> created an 8192-bit length key (only for test purposes - I will not
> use it). On a Quad Core CPU it took me just 5 mins. Isn't it a bit too
> short? I thought it will compute for several hours. Is the key weaker
> than an equivalent one created for example with gnupg? (i know, that
> gnupg can't create rsa keys larger than 4096)

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