Key Type & Size / Multiple Email Accounts / Key Server Questions

[Greg Strong]

In article <20020403173415.GB696@akamai.com>, David Shaw wrote:
> You actually have another possibility which is an RSA key.
> 
> As to which to pick, it depends on the use.  ElGamal signatures are
> somewhat controversial (they're hard to get right), and so may not be
> widely supported in the future.

I plan on using GnuPG.  Unless I missed something RSA was NOT an option.


> This document, while slightly out of date, is fantastic on the subject:
> http://www.samsimpson.com/pgp.php

Using GnuPG reading these threads and your reference I would say a 
primary key type of DSA to sign at maximum size of 1024, and a key type 
of ElGamal to encrypt with a size of 4096.  It sounds like I may run into 
some problems with the ElGamal which I understand is a derivative of DH. 
 
Thanks for the info!



Greg Strong
Email: gw_goldwing@gwstrong.com

Win98  Wed, 03 Apr 2002 16:15 CST