Re: "upgrading" my gpg key

2010-01-05 Thread brian m. carlson
On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 11:26:23AM +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote: > Am Mo den 4. Jan 2010 um 21:36 schrieb brian m. carlson: > > For maximum long-term security, I recommend a 3072-bit DSA key > > (preferably with SHA-512) or a 4096-bit RSA key. > > Hmmm, that advice is a bit odd. RSA is a bit better

Re: "upgrading" my gpg key

2010-01-05 Thread Klaus Ethgen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Am Mo den 4. Jan 2010 um 21:36 schrieb brian m. carlson: > For maximum long-term security, I recommend a 3072-bit DSA key > (preferably with SHA-512) or a 4096-bit RSA key. Hmmm, that advice is a bit odd. RSA is a bit better in security than DSA so

Re: "upgrading" my gpg key

2010-01-04 Thread brian m. carlson
On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 10:34:14PM +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 08:36:32PM +, brian m. carlson wrote: > > (...) For maximum long-term security, I recommend a 3072-bit DSA key > > (preferably with SHA-512) or a 4096-bit RSA key. > > I seriously recommend a RSA key

Re: "upgrading" my gpg key

2010-01-04 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 08:36:32PM +, brian m. carlson wrote: > On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 08:59:16PM +0100, Vincent Danjean wrote: >> My main gpg public key seams to be a 1024 DSA key (1024D/9D025E87). >> I would like to have a more robust main key. I've created to 4096 RSA >> subkey to sign and

Re: "upgrading" my gpg key

2010-01-04 Thread brian m. carlson
On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 08:59:16PM +0100, Vincent Danjean wrote: > Hi, > > My main gpg public key seams to be a 1024 DSA key (1024D/9D025E87). > I would like to have a more robust main key. I've created to 4096 RSA > subkey to sign and encrypt. > > However, is there a way to switch my main key

Re: "upgrading" my gpg key

2010-01-04 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 08:09:27PM +, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > You may find [1] helpful, with the usual disclaimers. Oops: 1: http://atom.smasher.org/gpg/gpg-migrate.txt -- Jonathan Wiltshire 1024D: 0xDB800B52 / 4216 F01F DCA9 21AC F3D3 A903 CA6B EA3E DB80 0B52 4096R: 0xD3524C51 / 0A5

Re: "upgrading" my gpg key

2010-01-04 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 08:59:16PM +0100, Vincent Danjean wrote: > ยน: does anyone know if it is possible to extract a subkey from a gpg > key and add it to another gpg key ? You may find [1] helpful, with the usual disclaimers. You cannot transfer signatures from one key to another, they must be

"upgrading" my gpg key

2010-01-04 Thread Vincent Danjean
Hi, My main gpg public key seams to be a 1024 DSA key (1024D/9D025E87). I would like to have a more robust main key. I've created to 4096 RSA subkey to sign and encrypt. However, is there a way to switch my main key ? (ie to create a new one and change it without loosing all my other keys and s