2047 bit keys in PGP

[Sten Drescher]

"Douglas F. Elznic" <delznic at storm.net> said:

DE> What is the deal with the 2047 bit keys? How do you produce one? IS
DE> it compatible with international versions?

	When you do 'pgp -kg', you are asked to pick a PGP key size, and
given 3 preselected sizes.  You can select one of the sizes, or enter
your own choice.  Actually, the pgp source will allow 2048, but there is
a bug in the DOS version (from the compiler) that limits that one to
2047.  The international version is identical to the domestic one,
except for the RSA code, so everything is interoperable.  There is a
hacked version that allows 4096 bit keys, and the supersized keys are
incompatible.

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