For those interested, link to the NIST document: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-57pt1r4.pdf
On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 1:50 AM Nicholas Papadonis < nick.papadonis...@gmail.com> wrote: > I read in NIST 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 4 pg 53 that RSA keys length of 15360 > bits is equivalent to a 256 bit AES symmetric key. I also read in other > documentation that NIST recommends such key lengths to protect data beyond > 2030. As email may be retained for many years it would seem appropriate to > secure such communications with a larger key. > > Does this data agree with security experts? Is there a reason why GnuPG > limits RSA key length to 4096 bits? > > Thank you, > Nicholas >
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