[GnuPG-users] Importing old PGP key

[Kiss Gabor (Bitman)]

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> I'd start by asking whether you really need that key.  512-bit RSA is
> nowhere near modern standards of sufficiency; it is quite likely that in
> just a few years such keys will be able to be broken by motivated high
> school students.

This key is to sign control messages of the hun.* newsgroups.
It is quite unlikely that someone wants to spend any time with
breaking of it. :-)
It is no worth to do it.
However administering and distribute a new key may be problematic.
I don't know yet how much.

> RSA-512 is grossly inadequate for essentially any serious cryptographic
> purpose.
> 
> If you absolutely _must_ have this key in GnuPG, well, we can help you
> do it.  But first ask yourself whether you should be migrating to 2kbit
> keys.  If so, then now is the ideal time to do it.

If this cannot be done by my self in one hour then I figure out
what is the cost of changing the key.

Thanks for your advices.

Gabor
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