My colleague came across the following while testing key rings and rsa encryption:
He checked the FM to find out that he can set the size of the key via racdcert from anything between 512 and 99999. We had it set to 1024, so he tried 2048 to make the encryption harder to break, given that there is no guarantee that there really is a prime number used in the RSA algorithm (in which case encryption is not secure, it can be broken). This is the result of the racdcert command: msgirrd125i:The key size that was specified is not acceptable. The request is not processed. explanation: The maximum key size is determined by US export restrictions or internal system limits based on the key type. Our conclusion: Big 'brother' is watching you, all the better to break your encryption and spy on all you non-Americans! Barbara Nitz -- Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! Ideal für Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
