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Re: "upgrading" my gpg key



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Am Mo den  4. Jan 2010 um 21:36 schrieb brian m. carlson:
> For maximum long-term security, I recommend a 3072-bit DSA key
> (preferably with SHA-512) or a 4096-bit RSA key.

Hmmm, that advice is a bit odd. RSA is a bit better in security than DSA
so the length of the DSA key has to be a bit longer than the length of
the RSA key to have the same strength. Though the difference are only
little so in practice it makes no real difference.

Regard
   Klaus Ethgen
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