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  From: David Fitch <davidf@parachilna.com>
  To  : <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: 08 Apr 2002 17:56:06 +0930

Re: PGP Key size

On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 15:10, michaeld@senet.com.au wrote:
> 1024 bits RSA is still good enough for incidental, day-to-day stuff.  If you 
> want something to stay secure "in storage" go 2048 or even bigger.  It all just 
> depends how paranoid you are.

I thought I read somewhere that since recent advances in these types
of mathematical calculations, anything less than 2048 bits was
considered unsafe.
As you say though, it all depends how paranoid you are.

Dave.

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