1995-01-16 - Longer than 1048 bit keys

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From: Jaeson.M.Engle@josaiah.sewanee.edu (Rhys Kyraden)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 21f33535476d335c455f8e633a003c77c8eba2f7f6028e26ab20820a46165a45
Message ID: <v01510103ab40a8df63bd@[152.97.12.101]>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-01-16 22:52:49 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 16 Jan 95 14:52:49 PST

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From: Jaeson.M.Engle@josaiah.sewanee.edu (Rhys Kyraden)
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 95 14:52:49 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Longer than 1048 bit keys
Message-ID: <v01510103ab40a8df63bd@[152.97.12.101]>
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I'm using MacPGP 2.6(ui) and noticed that the limit for a key size is the
1048 bit ("military grade" (right)). Is there anyway to circumvent this to
make larger, harder-to-break-type keys?
TIA,
- -J

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