Hi Nicolas, There is also this site that may be of interest:
https://www.keylength.com/ As for your question, actually that was answered in GnuPG FAQ: https://www.gnupg.org/faq/gnupg-faq.html#default_rsa2048 Kind regards, Wiktor On 07.11.2018 07:53, Nicholas Papadonis wrote: > 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 <mailto: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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users > -- https://metacode.biz/@wiktor _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users