gpg .. Vorwärts in die Vergangenheit?

[Peer Meves <liste+debian_user_german@meves.eu>]

Moin,
ich wollte mal ein bisschen mit Signierung und Verschlüsselung rumprobieren 
und dabei seh ich das hier ..

blackscorp@mordoukna(2008-06-04 16:07) ~ 
$ gpg --gen-key
gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.6; Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for details.

Please select what kind of key you want:
   (1) DSA and Elgamal (default)
   (2) DSA (sign only)
   (5) RSA (sign only)
Your selection? 
DSA keypair will have 1024 bits.
ELG-E keys may be between 1024 and 4096 bits long.
What keysize do you want? (2048) 
Requested keysize is 2048 bits
Please specify how long the key should be valid.
         0 = key does not expire
      <n>  = key expires in n days
      <n>w = key expires in n weeks
      <n>m = key expires in n months
      <n>y = key expires in n years
Key is valid for? (0) 99y
Key expires at Mo 05 Apr 1971 08:39:47 CET
Is this correct? (y/N)

Key bis 1971 gültig?  Damit wär er den Speicheplatz nicht wert den er 
braucht :-)
Normal ist das nicht oder?

Gruss
Peer