On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 12:41:16PM -0500, Newton Hammet wrote: > gnupg as distributed may not be generating larger than 4096 bit keys > but it is easy enough to (or was in the past) to modify the source code > in I think one place and change it to whatever you want. > > In my case I was able to successfully generate a 8192-bit RSA key > and tested it with encryption, decryption, signing, etc. and it > worked. > > My Hard drive, like my closet and garage, however is resisting > my attempts to figure out where I put this particular piece of > enterprise. (I think it was back in 2003 +/-). > > I will keep looking for it.
It's in keygen.c:ask_keysize. It's trivial to change, but be aware that we've set it to 4096 for a reason (several reasons). Of course, I firmly believe in the right of everyone to shoot themselves in the foot if they insist on it. David _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users