8192bit RSA keys

[Robert J. Hansen]

martin f krafft wrote:
> Two years ago, there was a thread on this list, in which RSA key
> sizes >2048 were discussed [0]. In these two years, the crypto-world
> has been shaken up a bit, and computers got yet a bit more powerful.

With respect to key sizes, nothing has changed since then.

IMO, keys larger than 2kbit have no practical purpose for >95% of users.
 Keys larger than 4kbit have no practical purpose, period.