Bug#643933: GPG keysize must be greater than 1024 bits
Le Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:21:51PM +0200, Luca Falavigna a écrit :
>
> Keyring maintainers explicitly asked to provide GPG keys greater than
> 1024 bits [0], while page 4 currently states key must be at least 1024.
>
> Attached patch should solve this, by rephrasing the sentence stating
> keys must be greater than 1024 bits.
>
> [0] <20090520092534.GG22906@earth.li>
> Index: new-maintainer.dbk
> ===================================================================
> --- new-maintainer.dbk (revisione 8928)
> +++ new-maintainer.dbk (copia locale)
> @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
> </para>
> <para>
> You need a version 4 key for use in Debian Development. Your key length must
> -be at least 1024 bits; there is no reason to use a smaller key, and doing so
> +be greater than 1024 bits; there is no reason to use a smaller key, and doing so
> would be much less secure.<footnote><para> Version 4 keys are keys conforming
> to the OpenPGP standard as defined in RFC 2440. Version 4 is the key type that
> has always been created when using GnuPG. PGP versions since 5.x also could
Seconded. Perhaps the announce could be linked, like:
<ulink url="http://lists.debian.org/20090520092534.GG22906@earth.li";>Your key length must be greater than 1024 bits</ulink>.
Cheers,
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Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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