* Steve Jones wrote on Fri, 24 Jan 2014, at 13:46 (+):
> On Sat, 25 Jan 2014 00:24:14 +1100 "shm...@riseup.net"
> wrote:
>
> You can use the pgpdump tool to see all the data in a public
> key file. A given key might contain lots of extra data beside
> the actual key, like signatures and photo
Pete Stephenson:
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 2:24 PM, shm...@riseup.net wrote:
>> what are the factors involved in creating such discrepancies with folks'
>> public key lengths ?
>
> As far as I can tell, the two major factors that affect the size of
> public keys are:
> 1. Key length. (That is,
Steve Jones:
> On Sat, 25 Jan 2014 00:24:14 +1100 "shm...@riseup.net"
> wrote:
>
>> what are the factors involved in creating such discrepancies with
>> folks' public key lengths ?
>>
>> i mean, some people's are 5 monitors high where as the other joe
>> has seemingly created a similar key and
On 1/24/2014 8:42 AM, Pete Stephenson wrote:
> As far as I can tell, the two major factors that affect the size of
> public keys are:
> 1. Key length. (That is, a 4096-bit key will be larger than a 2048-bit
> or 1024-bit key.)
> 2. Number of signatures on the key. A brand-new key will be
> consider
On Sat, 25 Jan 2014 00:24:14 +1100
"shm...@riseup.net" wrote:
> what are the factors involved in creating such discrepancies with folks'
> public key lengths ?
>
> i mean, some people's are 5 monitors high where as the other joe has
> seemingly created a similar key and that key is one half a mo
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 2:24 PM, shm...@riseup.net wrote:
> what are the factors involved in creating such discrepancies with folks'
> public key lengths ?
As far as I can tell, the two major factors that affect the size of
public keys are:
1. Key length. (That is, a 4096-bit key will be larger t
what are the factors involved in creating such discrepancies with folks'
public key lengths ?
i mean, some people's are 5 monitors high where as the other joe has
seemingly created a similar key and that key is one half a monitor in
'monitor' height
what does all this mean ?
how have people such
