Bug#644385: gnupg: Please default to 4096 bit keys for RSA

2012-02-20 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
Hi Adrian, it would make sense to change the default RSA keysize to 4096. Other keysizes would still be possible for people having a reason for them, but people going with the defaults would get a stronger key. I strongly believe that this is something upstream should decide to either do or

Bug#644385: gnupg: Please default to 4096 bit keys for RSA

2012-02-20 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 10:58:43PM +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: Hi Adrian, it would make sense to change the default RSA keysize to 4096. Other keysizes would still be possible for people having a reason for them, but people going with the defaults would get a stronger key. I

Bug#644385: gnupg: Please default to 4096 bit keys for RSA

2011-10-05 Thread Adrian Bunk
Package: gnupg Version: 1.4.11-3 Severity: wishlist -- snip -- $ gpg --gen-key gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.11; Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Please select what kind