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Hi,
> Yes, 8192 is non standard
if one considers gnupg (where enigmail is build on top), 4096 is non
standard but supported; but 8192 is not supported. That's a difference.
If you really think you need that high security, I would recommend to
use
> Yes, 8192 is non standard but what you link to is not correct for real
> world front end applications
The FAQ entry is correct.
> but 4096 is not too big to be default, if
> it is why do lots modern interface default to larger than 2048?
Because there are a lot of people who demand
On 2016-05-12 19:31, Hauke Westemeier wrote:
My master key is 8192 RSA
to my knowledge GnuPG only supports up to 4096-bit keys.
See here
https://www.gnupg.org/faq/gnupg-faq.html#default_rsa2048
for my source and some explanation why already a 4096 bit key is to
large to be made the default.
> to my knowledge GnuPG only supports up to 4096-bit keys.
This is correct. To use larger keys requires patching GnuPG. And once
you run a custom-patched version of GnuPG, we really can't help you very
much. Once you play with GnuPG internals, all bets are off.
