On 10.07.16 09:18, Rob Landau wrote: > On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 7:42 PM, Robert J. Hansen <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Do the keys Enigmail generates come from elliptic curves, from prime > > factorization, or from discreet logarithms? > > They come from GnuPG. GnuPG does the crypto operations -- Enigmail is > just a front-end. > > Ok, then do the keys GnuPG generates for Enigmail come from elliptic > curves, from integer factorization, or from discreet logarithms? Once > the size of the prime is chosen (1024 bits, say) does GnuPG always use > the same one?
If you generate a key via the Key Manager (not via the setup wizard), you can specify the algorithm and the key strength. By default it will be an RSA key with 4096 bits. Elliptic curves are not yet supported in Enigmail, as they require GnuPG 2.1 - which is not yet in widespread use. -Patrick
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