Strongest Key, Hash, and Cypher Algorithms

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On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, Wesley Tabadore wrote:

> If when I create the RSA key I set the capabilities to both Sign and 
> Encrypt, do I still need to add subkeys after creating the RSA key? What 
> are the benefits if any?
>
> I tried using the key to both sign and encrypt and it seems to work.
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there's nothing wrong with having all capabilities set in the primary key, 
but it's generally advisable to have an encryption subkey and possibly a 
signing subkey (and authentication subkey?).


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