just curious, how many random bytes does it take to generate these fuckers and can the keyservers out their handle em yet?
just curious, how many random bytes does it take to generate these fuckers and can the keyservers out their handle em yet?
Well, it needs about 2048 bits of randomness, I would guess. It depends on how many bits/keystroke you can get on your machine... As for the keyservers, well, I know that mine (pgp.mit.edu) can. I should let you know that there is a small buglet in PGP 2.6.2 that will not allow you to generate 2048-bit keys. It limits you to 2047 bits (there is a piece of code that leaves that one extra bit up there -- oops). This shouldn't affect anything, except people will only get 2047 bits instead of 2048, but I personally do not consider this a problem. -derek
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just curious, how many random bytes does it take to generate these fuckers and can the keyservers out their handle em yet?
I don't know about the servers, but I am told viacrypt can't handle them. I tried to upload my big key to sled for verification and according to them viacrypt choked on it...strange. ============================================================================== Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. - George Santayana ============================================================================== skaplin@skypoint.com | "...vidi vici veni" - Overheard | outside a Roman brothel. PGP encrypted mail is accepted and | preferred. | Change is the only constant in the | Universe..."Four quarters, please." E-mail key@four11.com for PGP Key or | Finger skaplin@mirage.skypoint.com | Smile!! Big brother is watching. ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBLufOx8lnXxBRSgfNAQHLqgf+MEcxerNQPdGbFubDamnLxM0LzDSYRhzd 2urA7xvt/YC15cUFbmfJFeDbAW+vlBTM+e9IgbQmJ1kryXwcI0mAHMvFOjuCwJVw Qadf5xLEkXbl0OADxh+J/Ck23rrvD3IIK5l5rF/MFGUn/NaorBc3Yd67I0iTSv0t I+4maRdzH/8Xalp6biHCJFuU0rlvnaP/Psn7aZ9UVUmm/FaLujWseZP3T5+HTBu0 3eDnkM1PLU4q+7XY1aJP2zcb/toe3b7xDIcD1G29XxqHeBE9SBlzlPnk2dytjFod sQjUOvLDTJXMi2g3jdg9q5mos0Fb3aNUDCq1l4CezxmplcTt/UY4Fg== =4j8r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- This message digitally signed to verify the identity of the writer.
On Sun, 4 Dec 1994 anonymous-remailer@shell.portal.com wrote:
just curious, how many random bytes does it take to generate these fuckers and can the keyservers out their handle em yet?
Well, when I generated my key today, it asked for 1115 random keystrokes and the overall generation took a good 20-25 minutes on my 486-33. As for the keyservers, I'm not sure why they wouldn't handle them. Afterall, I had a non-standard key before and they handled that, bak in the v 2.3a days. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Terka | werewolf@io.org | public key (werewolf) by Toronto,Canada | dg507@cleveland.freenet.edu | public key server or request ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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