FSFE smart card and 4096 bit keys?

[Werner Koch]

On Sun,  7 Oct 2012 17:12, daniel at pocock.com.au said:

> Debian recommends 4096 bit RSA as the default for any newly created PGP
> keys.  CACert.org also signs 4096 bit certs.  I realise there are many

That is even more stupid than their use of SHA-256 in packages file.
They substituted a proper threat analysis by Security Theater.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner

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