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GnuPG, 4096-bit keys and OpenPGP cards

28 February 2011   🏷 gnupg 🏷 security

I’m now the proud owner of a Crypto Stick, an OpenPGP smartcard implementation in USB stick form. It is apparently capable of generating and using 4096-bit keys, but GnuPG has a limit of 3072 bits (quick tests and git master show this is still the case).

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