key length for smart card key generation

[Peter Lebbing]

On 27/02/13 22:58, Anonymous wrote:
> So I should be able to import the key...but not use it unless it is 
> 3072 bits or less?

If we're all talking about RSA here, I think so.

> I run gpg2 --card-status, and I get a lot of information, but I don't
> see an entry "OpenPGP version."  What I do see is a field "Version:"
> which says "11.11".

Second line of the output for me:

> Application ID ...: D2760001240102[snip]
> Version ..........: 2.0
^^^^^^^
> Manufacturer .....: ZeitControl
> Serial number ....: [snip]
> Name of cardholder: Peter Lebbing
> Language prefs ...: en
> Sex ..............: yes, please
> URL of public key : [not set]
> Login data .......: [not set]
> Signature PIN ....: forced
> Key attributes ...: 2048R 2048R 2048R
> Max. PIN lengths .: 32 32 32
> PIN retry counter : 3 0 3
> Signature counter : [snip]
> Signature key ....: 6500 8DC2 20AA E2A2 574D  6CD5 969E 018F DE6C DCA1
>       created ....: [snip]
> Encryption key....: 2E0F 8C51 BC77 58A3 3795  79D9 26F7 563E 73A3 3BEE
>       created ....: [snip]
> Authentication key: [none]

BTW, the Application ID includes the unique serial number.

Peter.

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