On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:55:42 +0100
Ben Laurie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> 
> One thing that hasn't been noted, as far as I can see, is that there's 
> not much point having a key longer than your parent's key.
>

Good catch... Thanks

 
> Or, to turn it on its head, if you want to use a key of size K, then you 
> should make sure your parent signs it with a key of size K or larger.
> 


The exception here would be the folk that also use this key as a
trust-anchor locally. Then local policy may want to dictate a longer
key than the parents.

-- Olaf

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